The Empowered University: Shared Leadership, Culture Change, and Academic Success, with Philip Rous & Peter Henderson, 2019, Johns Hopkins University Press. His 2013 TED talk, The Four Pillars of College Success in Science has more than 1 million views. Hrabowski is widely recognized as one of the most influential university presidents in the country.

“We have too many people who believe in lies.” He sees this moment in American history as a “tale of two countries.” “We in education have a chance to play a role in determining approaches that will open the minds of all of us.”Įducators have a key role right now to help “our citizens-people in general-how to think critically how to value evidence and proof how to remove emotion and look at the factors, look at the positions and to find common ground where possible but to always shoot an arrow at that which is a lie,” he says. “There’s a message from the 60s that we can learn right now,” he says. to protest injustice, joining what is today called the Children’s Crusade in Birmingham, Alabama and spending five days in Bull Connor’s jail. He himself, at the age of 13, answered the call of Dr. Hrabowski brings a lifetime of working for education and democracy to the question of how to successfully educate children. In this wide-ranging discussion in which he shares his “zest for learning,” Hrabowski talks about how he structured the Meyerhoff Program and used its success not only to inform other programs at the university but also inspire other universities to adopt the same principles and structures. “It’s not just about high expectations of students it’s high expectations of us as professionals.” “Everybody talks about high expectations,” Hrabowski says. Kizzmekia Corbett, one of the lead researchers on the new mRNA coronavirus vaccine. With a core set of principles that include high expectations and collaboration, UMBC’s Meyerhoff Program has since produced hundreds of scientists, professors, and leaders, including Dr. Hrabowski III began a small program at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. One where educators take responsibility to help students thrive, excel, and be intellectually curious.

Beating the Odds by Kenneth I. Maton