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Leadership & Policy
Nurturing the Next Generation of Historically Black College and University Leaders
I never accepted the presidency of the largest or most prestigious university, nor the one that paid the highest salary. Instead, I accepted the position where I felt there was the best alignment between the institution’s mission and my ability to make a substantive and sustainable difference.
June 1, 2021
Leadership & Policy
National Leadership and the Significance of the Breadth and Depth of American Identity
As President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris assemble the people, resources and programs that they will bring to the White House in January, they will create tremendous possibilities and opportunities for all Americans. This is true even for those who did not vote for them.
December 1, 2020
Leadership & Policy
Report Examines Competencies Needed to Succeed in Workforce
A new report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce (CEW) pinpoints the five most in-demand competencies across the labor market. Those work skills include communication, teamwork, sales, customer service, leadership, problem-solving and complex thinking, all of which can yield higher earnings.
November 20, 2020
Leadership & Policy
TIAA Institute Virtual Higher Ed Symposium Participants Express Optimism, Despite COVID-19
The Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America (TIAA) Institute recently hosted a virtual “Higher Education Leadership Symposium” based on a new white paper — developed by TIAA in collaboration with EY-Parthenon — that spoke to the future of operating models and student success at higher ed institutions, given the financial constraints of COVID-19.
October 22, 2020
Leadership & Policy
UK to Undergo ‘Major Reorganization’ of Leadership That Will Emphasize Diversity
The University of Kentucky is undergoing a “major reorganization” of its senior administration meant to “elevate and expand its commitment to diversity, student success, accountability and its historic land-grant mission of service,” UK President Dr. Eli Capilouto announced in a letter to the campus community. As part of the plan, the school is placing a […]
September 4, 2020
Leadership & Policy
‘Dramatic Change Will Require Leadership.’ A Message to the Next Generation of Leaders
This summer we have all been living and learning through an unprecedented crisis: literally the greatest disruption to daily life in the United States since at least World War II, a rapid economic collapse that is approaching and may exceed the scale of the Great Depression, deeply inequitable impacts from the crisis mapped into pre-existing inequalities of race and class, and a death count conservatively estimated at more than 500,000 and rising.
July 7, 2020
Students
Universities Plan Fall Initiatives to Address Systemic Racism and Police Brutality
As protests continue across the nation after the deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and other Black Americans at the hands of police officers, universities are analyzing their own biases and implementing initiatives and conversations on campus for the fall semester to address systemic racism and police brutality.
June 12, 2020
Leadership & Policy
Dr. Virginia Roach Trailblazes Ways for Women in Academia
Dr. Virginia Roach, dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education, started her career with a job as a dishwasher in an on-campus daycare center. There, as an aspiring chemical engineer, she was asked to tutor a child with learning difficulties and came to the realization that “this is for me.”
April 22, 2020
Students
20/20 Vision in the Wake of a Crisis
Lately I have wondered – if I could have predicted COVID-19 three or four years ago – how I would have prepared differently for a public health pandemic as the president of a private, church-related HBCU.
April 11, 2020
Leadership & Policy
UNCF and H.E.L.F. Partner to Build HBCU Leadership Pipeline
With the average tenure of a college president steadily decreasing and a “mounting void within HBCU leadership,” the United Negro College Fund (UNCF) and the Higher Education Leadership Foundation (H.E.L.F.) have announced a three-year partnership in which they will work together to educate and prepare a pipeline of individuals who wish to serve in leadership […]
February 7, 2020
Leadership & Policy
Five Scaffolds to Working with Your Minority or Female Boss
Bias against women and minority bosses threatens the progress of projects and curtails the collective vision for the organization.
October 30, 2019
Students
Breaking Down Gender Barriers in Collegiate Athletics
Julie Cromer was recently named director of athletics at Ohio University.
October 15, 2019
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