In his powerful, straightforward keynote at the UIA National Summit, Dr.
Angela Duckworth, co-director of the Penn Wharton Behavior Change for Good Initiative, discusses the threshold for institutions joining the program, how it supports first-year and transfer students, pitching it to administrators, and using the resulting data.
In 2024, the University Innovation Alliance (UIA) celebrated a decade of transformative impact. What began in 2014 as a bold experiment by 11 universities has grown into a collaborative movement to dramatically redefine what’s possible in higher education: increased student success. We knew that graduating thousands more students would require reimagining how institutions tackle big challenges. Together, we innovated, shared knowledge, and built a culture of collaboration that now inspires change far beyond our campuses.
The University Innovation Alliance revisits its top six Innovating Together Podcast episodes, representing just a few of the innovations and challenges that were top of mind for higher education leaders in 2024.
Marie Lynn Miranda, Chancellor of the University of Illinois Chicago, discusses attentive leadership, the central role of values, building community, strategies for handling a crisis, and tracking overall objectives and key goals.
Satish Tripathi, President of University of Buffalo, discusses his unlikely path to leading a top research university, core elements of a successful institution, developing a personal leadership style, and the importance of learning from context and history.
Mung Chiang, President of Purdue University, discusses a major R&D grant from the U.S. Department of Commerce, the art and skill of making consequential decisions, fund raising through team building, and the importance of patient listening.
Kim Wilcox, Chancellor of University of California, Riverside, discusses the appeal of higher ed leadership, an inside view of budgeting, embracing empathy and collaboration, and understanding what students actually need.
Eric Waldo, President of the DC College Access Program, discusses the dollar value of higher education, finding his way into the White House, stellar leadership examples, and commonsense leadership advice.
Dan Greenstein, Chancellor of the Pennsylvania System of Higher Education, discusses blogging about his leadership lessons, some basics of redesigning a university system, tips for initiating a redesign, navigating team buy-in, and balancing efficiency with innovation.