Staff Reporter, Government & Politics
The Chronicle of Higher Education
Expertise: College completion and related policies | Work-force development | Demographic trends | Problems in the college pipeline | Changing marketplace of higher education | Community colleges | For-profit institutions
Background: Jennifer Gonzalez, who joined The Chronicle of Higher Education in 2009, writes about efforts to meet President Obama’s goal to put the United States atop the world in proportion of college graduates by 2020. She reports on what demographic trends tell us about who these graduates might be, and how community colleges and for-profit institutions, in particular, might play a role.
Before joining The Chronicle, Gonzalez was a staff reporter at The Plain Dealer in Cleveland (1998-2008), where she covered public, private, and parochial elementary and secondary schools, as well as higher education. She also worked at The Courier-Post in Cherry Hill, N.J. (1996-98) as a suburban reporter covering municipalities and school districts, and at The Miami Herald (1995-96) where she reported on crime, politics, and government for a suburban section.
She has also written for Hispanic Magazine, the Agence-France Presse and Cleveland Magazine.
Gonzalez earned a bachelor’s degree in journalism with a double-major in English literature from the University of Miami. After graduation, she studied art history and Spanish at the International College of Seville, in Spain. Gonzalez is fluent in Spanish.
Honors: Honorable Mention, General News, Press Club of Cleveland Award, 2007 | First Place, Breaking News, Press Club of Cleveland Award, 2003 | Special Commendation Award, Education Writers Association, 2002
