Weekly Wisdom 3/29/21 - Gabrielle Starr

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Doug Lederman, Editor and Co-Founder of Inside Higher Ed, speak with Dr. Gabrielle Starr, President of Pomona College in Claremont, California. As a national voice on college access for students of all backgrounds, the future of higher education, women in leadership, and the importance of the arts, she shares her wisdom about setting practical expectations, collaboration between institutions, the realities of leadership, and the power of human  connection. Topics include:

• COVID-19's positive changes to higher ed
• How colleges can transcend their traditional adversarial relationships
• Building the best possible leadership team
• Improving institutional culture through an embrace of creativity and art