Weekly Wisdom 2/22/21 - Michael Sorrell

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Doug Lederman, Editor and Co-Founder of Inside Higher Ed, speak with Dr. Michael Sorrell, President of Paul Quinn College in Dallas, Texas. Ten months after his previous visit to the Innovating Together Podcast, President Quinn shares his most recent wisdom about leading a Historically Black College or University (H.B.C.U.) through a turbulent year marked by the COVID-19 pandemic and a national protest movement against institutional racism. Topics include:

• Putting a human face on leadership
• Finding optimism amidst adversity
• Being an upstander for the moral role of higher ed
• Embracing the opportunity to make a difference for the disadvantaged