Bridging the Gap: How do We Connect the Dots for the Higher Education Stakeholders? The Case for Preparing Young People for Global Citizenship”

The Education & Empowerment Podcast

Feb 16 2022 • 23 mins

In this episode, Lynn Pasquerella was interviewed by Bakhtiyor Isoev. Lynn Pasquerella was appointed president of the Association of American Colleges and Universities in 2016, after serving as the eighteenth president of Mount Holyoke College. She has held positions as provost at the University of Hartford and Vice Provost for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Rhode Island. A philosopher whose work has combined teaching and scholarship with local and global engagement, Pasquerella has written extensively on medical ethics, metaphysics, public policy, and the philosophy of law.

She is president of the Phi Beta Kappa Society and the host of Northeast Public Radio’s The Academic Minute. A recipient of Mary Baldwin University’s Sullivan Award for outstanding service to humanity, Pasquerella serves as a member of the advisory board of the Newman’s Own Foundation and sits on the boards of the Lingnan Foundation and the National Humanities Alliance, as well as George Washington University Hospital’s ethics committee. Named by Diverse Issue as one of higher education’s top 35 leaders,Pasquerella is a graduate of Quinebaug Valley Community College, Mount Holyoke College and Brown University. Pasquerella has also received honorary doctorates from Elizabethtown College, Bishop’s University, the University of South Florida, the University of Hartford and the University of Rhode Island.

Story Notes

  • Quotes that Inspires You
  • Journey to Higher Education
  • Work in American Association of Colleges
  • Losing Public Trust in Higher Education
  • Challenges During Pandemic
  • Improving Undergraduate, Graduate Education and Advancing Liberal Education
  • Advise in Improving in Higher Education


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