Colleges in west and central Florida canceled classes for part of the week as they prepared for Hurricane Milton, a Category 4 storm that’s expected to slam into Tampa on Wednesday night and move across central Florida.
Katherine Knott is a federal policy reporter for Inside Higher Ed, where she covers higher education policy and issues impacting colleges and universities across the United States. She is a proud member of the Inside Higher Ed Guild and a graduate of the University of Missouri. Knott's reporting focuses on topics such as student financial aid, civil rights investigations, and state-level higher education policy.