Not Alone: Leaders in Focus
June 12, 2024 | 2 min read
By Not Alone Contributors
Recent Not Alone contributors include (upper left): Prof Rafael L Bras and Prof Freeman Hrabowski; (left to right) Ralph de la Vega; Prof Ana Mari Cauce, PhD; Theresa Mayer, PhD. and Allan E Goodman, PhD.
Unfiltered perspectives on global issues by research and academic leaders
Letter from the Editor
This is the 26th issue of Not Alone: Leaders in Focus. As we enter our third year, I want to thank the more than 30,000 readers who receive the newsletter monthly via email and the many others who visit this website. Thank you for your loyal following, for your support and for making Not Alone a success.
Not Alone is a service. It is designed to disseminate the ideas of established, extraordinary academic leaders to inspire, generate conversation and showcase the best in academia and related businesses and institutions. The contributions are short and deal with a single subject, by design.
Prof Rafael L Bras, ScD
This month, our contributor is Allan Goodman, CEO of the Institute of International Education. Word on the street is that US institutions are losing their attractiveness to international students, and market share. The paradox Goodman presents is that despite all the dire predictions, the enrollment of international students in the US is increasing faster than ever.
New video series
There are times when the subject matter and the essence of the leader cannot be fully conveyed in a short written piece. For that reason, we are thrilled to introduce Not Alone: Conversations with Leaders. These videos — and future podcasts — will explore individuals and subject matter in depth to convey a textured message. This month, we feature Freeman Hrabowski, who for 30 years presided over the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC). In our interview, we learn how his upbringing as an African American in segregated Alabama during the 1960s shaped this extraordinary leader. (You can find the video at the top of the story queue below.)
What’s ahead?
In July, Sarah Mangelsdorf, President of the University of Rochester, will address the complexity of supporting free speech and the right to protest while keeping campuses functional. We will also be releasing two other video interviews: one with Nancy Hopkins and the other with a panel of MIT professors: Lorna Gibson, Lotte Bailyn and Sylvia Ceyer. In the late 1990s, Hopkins led a group of faculty (including the three panelists) that produced MIT’s Women in Science report, which put the spotlight on the discrimination and biases women scientists endured even in lofty institutions like MIT. This watershed effort changed the gender discussion in academia.
Rafael L Bras, ScD Editor, Not Alone Senior Advisor, Elsevier Professor, Georgia Institute of Technology
Hrabowski: Transforming UMBC into a top STEM university
What’s ahead for the United States and international education?
By Allan E Goodman, PhD | June 11, 2024
The brain science behind effective leadership
By Ralph de La Vega | May 15, 2024
AI for Science: a paradigm shift for scientific discovery and translation
By Theresa Mayer, PhD | April 15, 2024
The role of universities in catalyzing social change
By Ana Mari Cauce, PhD | March 12, 2024
Universities as tools of diplomacy
By L Rafael Reif, PhD | Feb 14, 2024
Connectivity is a thing, is THE thing
By Bob Metcalfe, PhD | January 17, 2024
Inspiring inflections: Socially-directed technology and the pursuit of promising horizons
By Christine Ortiz, PhD | December 6, 2023
Creating a true collaboration with Indian universities and scholars
By Barbara R Snyder | November 8, 2023
A national imperative: Make engineering a requirement for every high school student
By Darryll J Pines, PhD | October 11, 2023
Evidence-based assessment, equity and opportunity
By Margaret Sheil, AO, FAA, FTSE | Sept 13, 2023
Universities must be catalysts for sustainable development
By Cherry Murray, PhD; E William Colglazier, PhD; Franklin Carrero-Martinez, PhD; and Emi Kameyama | Aug 7, 2023
Turning the supertanker: How do we steer research universities (even more) towards impact?
By Prof Sir Anton Muscatell | July 11, 2023
Leadership diversity: Living your values at the highest levels
By Cynthia K Larive, PhD | June 15, 2023
The miracle of the commons and the democratization of science
By Daphne Koller, PhD | May 4, 2023
No university is an island: How to foster town-gown partnerships for impactful outcomes
Gary S May, PhD | April 12, 2023
Failing to ultimately succeed
By Mike Mussallem | March 9, 2023
Know yourself to become a better leader
By Marcia McNutt, PhD | February 9, 2023
Think LEGO towers, not ivory: How we can rebuild trust in higher ed
By Anant Agarwal, PhD | January 13, 2023
To save the planet, teach public engagement
By Mary Woolley | December 12, 2022
Engineering leadership to advance women’s health
By John L Anderson, PhD | November 14, 2022
For science and society, the future begins with better dreams
By Dan Reed, PhD | October 14, 2022
A challenge to academia to develop values-centered leaders
By Bill George | September 19, 2022
The silver lining for health equity in the COVID-19 pandemic
By Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG | August 22, 2022
An impact-centered approach to higher education: engineering as a model
By Gilda A Barabino, PhD | July 13, 2022
Toward a platform for universal learning
By Michael M Crow, PhD | June 22, 2022
Beyond university rankings: Promoting transparency and accountability
By Christopher L Eisgruber | May 24, 2022
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