Monday, 03/29 @ 2:00 p.m.
Registration
The faces of student representation are changing. Presidents elected to lead student bodies at several predominantly white institutions this year are the first Black student in the role. And the leaders are emphasizing issues like diversity, inclusion, advocacy, equitable policing, and the mental health of all students. What is on their agendas, and how are they working to achieve it?
As part of The Chronicle’s series examining race and class in higher education, a panel of student-body presidents from around the country will share their goals and ideas for creating more inclusive institutions. How do student leaders think colleges are faring so far on promises they’ve made? How can colleges show they’re following through?
The panel — co-hosted by Sarah Brown, senior reporter at The Chronicle, and Jael Kerandi, student representative to the Board of Regents and former president of the Minnesota Student Association at the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities — will also include Danielle Geathers, president of the MIT Undergraduate Association; Assata Gilmore, president of the Purdue Student Government; and Roaya Higazi, president of the Undergraduate Student Government at Ohio State University.
They will discuss:
- The commitments and resources students want from their colleges
- How to involve student leaders in institutional decision-making
- Effective forms of communication between students and administrators
- What it means to be a “first” and why representation matters