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On a Mission: Damon L. Williams Jr., Takes on the World

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It took him awhile to connect the dots from his passion to higher education. His first ambition after college was to make money, and he entered the corporate world and earned his MBA from Fontbonne University. It’s not easy to do inclusive excellence work in higher education. Move it forward—disrupt it.

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Navigating Pathways to Success

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As I reflect on my journey through higher education, I find myself looking back on a career that began in the small, rural community of Calhoun in Lowndes County, Alabama. It was there that I first understood the profound impact that education could have on a person’s life.

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McDonough Promotes Student Voter Engagement

Insight Into Diversity

This prestigious role positions McDonough alongside 13 other college and university presidents from across the nation, whose mission is to promote nonpartisan democratic engagement on their respective campuses.

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The State of Higher Education Part 2: Changing Higher Education Podcast 160 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Courtney Brown

The Change Leader, Inc.

Courtney Brown, vice president of impact and planning for the Lumina Foundation. Courtney joins us again to finish our conversation on Lumina’s most recent study, the State of Higher Education 2023: Breaking Down the Barriers to Student Enrollment and Retention.” Courtney, welcome back to the show.

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Acting in the Best Interest of the Institution

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

On this episode from the Weekly Wisdom podcast series, we spoke Dr. Charles Welch , President and CEO of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU). Number two, I’d served on that campus from 2008 until 2011 and loved it dearly. Number one, you get that call; you're going to say yes.

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Data and Student Success in Higher Ed

UIA (University Innovation Alliance)

Tim Renick, who has led Georgia State University’s student success efforts since 2008, is the founding executive director of Georgia State’s National Institute for Student Success, and Professor of Religious Studies at Georgia State. Bridget Burns is the founder and CEO of the University Innovation Alliance (UIA).

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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton discusses these shocking findings, along with where this money should go and how it must be spent, with Amy Privette Perko, CEO of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, an independent group with a legacy of impacting college sports policies to prioritize college athletic education, health, safety, and success.

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