Dr. Michael Drake, former President of the Ohio State University, believes that maintaining human connection, in whatever forms it can safely take, is the most important factor in carrying a university community through the COVID pandemic.
Dr. Wendy Wintersteen, President of Iowa State University, remains committed to her mission of innovation even during the COVID pandemic, which she approaches with transparency, empathy, and a strong sense of community.
Dr. Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College, looks at the COVID epidemic through a lens of crisis management while also seeing the disruption as an opportunity for demonstrating strength and resilience, reimagining the future of higher education.
Michael Crow, Arizona State University's President, shares how schools can remain focused on the mission of delivering their core educational services while adjusting, adapting, and preparing for the COVID epidemic's changing variables.
Check out this interview with Dr. Karen Stout, the President of Achieving the Dream- which is the largest network of community colleges in the country. In the interview, we talk about the challenges facing higher education, the presidency, leading change, and surviving overwhelm. #highered
Check out this great conversation with Dr. Jennifer Brown, the Vice Provost & Dean of Undergraduate Education at University of California Riverside. Dr. Brown is the UIA liaison for UCR and in this interview she helps us understand how they have eliminated race and income as a predictor of outcome.
Dr. Michelle Asha Cooper is the President of IHEP, and a @gatesfoundation Scaling Partner with @uiainnovation!
Dr. Ryan Goodwin is the Director of the Center for Higher Education Innovation (@ucf_chei) at the University of Central Florida. He was formerly an UIA Fellow, and is now serving as UCF's liaison to the UIA.
Unlikely is a new documentary arriving in theaters this week. The film is an important tool to galvanize momentum, and inspire student success teams to take action. Check out this short interview with Director Jaye Fenderson, and bring your team of administrators, faculty, staff, and students to see it in theaters! For more information and tickets.
Dr. Michael Sorrell is the President of Paul Quinn College in Dallas Texas, and a longtime friend of the University Innovation Alliance. In 2018, he was named one of the Worlds Greatest Leaders according to Fortune Magazine.