Higher Education Administrators at SXSW EDU 2024

In the dynamic landscape of higher education, administrators like you play an essential role in your students’ academic success. Regardless of your position, your leadership and support aid students as they navigate one of the most complex periods of their educational journey.

In pursuit of maximizing success for your students, faculty, and community, you are likely faced with numerous challenges, including issues related to student wellbeing, providing equitable admission opportunities, securing adequate funding, and more.

During SXSW EDU, you’ll have the opportunity to connect not just with fellow administrators but also a variety of higher education stakeholders including professors, students, and government representatives. This March, take the opportunity to engage with innovative ideas, thought-provoking discussions, and diverse perspectives to take back to your institution and your community.

Top Sessions to Attend as Higher Education Administrators

Attend the Panel, Higher Education’s Role in Climate: The Missing Piece, to discuss the leadership roles community colleges must take for a hopeful climate future.

If you are interested in the effort to end legacy preferences in America and the interdisciplinary levers they are pulling to make education more fair in the U.S., check out the Conversation, How America Will End Legacy Admissions.

Join Stanford psychologist Greg Walton for the Solo, Social Belonging in College: Where Science Meets Practice, to learn more about the science of social belonging and how it can inform institutional policies and practices.

Explore how coaching, including technology-enabled and AI-enhanced methods, can create potent support and move the needle on student outcomes in and out of the academic setting at the Workshop, Driving Success: The Power of Coaching in Higher Education.

Listen to key researchers, corporate visionaries, and youth in the Podcast Why the Future of Work Needs a Work-Based Learning Movement to discuss the impact of learning inside the experience of work.

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Connect With Your Peers at Interactive Meet Ups

Swap career pathway stories and tips with other higher education professionals at the Meet Up, Career Planning Meet Up for Higher Education Professionals.

Add the Meet Up, Student-Inclusive Approaches in Higher Education, to discuss how to go beyond student surveys to more direct and cooperative youth and student leadership strategies that center those most impacted.

Join an inspiring discussion at the Meet Up, Placemaking & Belonging in Higher Education, to learn more about intentional design, innovative programming, leadership impact, and how to create places that generate a sense of belonging through a sense of place.

Mentors to Meet for Higher Education Administrators

Sit down in a one-on-one setting with mentors who can provide insights and advice in your specific interest area within higher education:

• Chloe Koo - talk to Chloe about design career mentoring and collegiate art education.
• Cole Wilson - talk to Cole about fostering civic engagement and active participation in higher education.
• Heather Ashley Hayes - talk to Heather about accessible pedagogy and building partnerships across college campuses.
• Jacqueline Gardy - talk to Jacqueline about international exchanges for higher education teachers and students.
• Joseph Alfe - talk to Joseph about Alternative Dispute Resolution in higher education, Title IX, and more.
• Nicole Greason - talk to Nicole about higher education public relations, media relations, marketing, and crisis communications.
• Paris Gamble - talk to Paris about career planning for college students.
• Stephanie Campbell - talk to Stephanie about educational gaming elements in higher education.
• Suchitra Gururaj - talk to Suchitra about community-city-university partnerships and how to navigate the higher education sector, especially as an Asian-American woman.
• Wendy Zajack - talk to Wendy about mid-life career transitions from industry to higher education.

Roundtable Discussions to Join for Higher Education Administrators

Attend the Roundtable, Creating Partnerships in Higher Education, for diverse perspectives on creating partnerships in higher education.

Join like-minded individuals in the Roundtable, Managing Teams for the Future of Work, for thoughtful discussion on how to approach managing your administrative teams as campuses adapt to new models of working.

Learn from DEI professionals in the Roundtable, Leading DEI Efforts, to learn more about best practices for DEI efforts in education.

Want to Explore More Content for Higher Education Administrators?

Explore More Programming Opportunities

• One Mayor’s College Promise in the Heart of the Deep South
• A Public Health Framework for Postsecondary Mental Health
• How To Stand Up for Students Post-SCOTUS Affirmative Action
• Ecosystem of Well-Being: Mental Health at In-Between Spaces
• Addressing Inequity in Rural Education Through Collaboration
• HBCUs & Black Higher Ed's Future Post Affirmative Action
• Savior or Disruptor?: Non-Degree Credentials & Higher Ed
• Holistic & Transformative Support for UndocuScholars
• Sustainable Bites: How Ur Campus Meal Fights Climate Change
• 30 Years & Beyond: AmeriCorps’ Impact on Education
• Bringing Back the Lost Generation
• The 2024 Election & Higher Ed Policy

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Administration | Career | Community College | Diversity & Inclusion | Employability & Talent Development | Mental Health | Partnerships | Professional Development | School Safety | Sustainability

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Accessibility & Inclusion | Community Initiatives | Equity & Justice | Health & Wellbeing | Leadership for Tomorrow | Policy & Civic Engagement | Work Reimagined

Join Your Community of Higher Education Administrators

Leaders and representatives from higher education institutions will be speaking and have already registered to attend SXSW EDU 2024. After registering, you will gain exclusive access to EDU Social, our online networking platform, where you can browse through your peers at this year’s event and start making connections before you arrive.

Don’t Miss Out On SXSW EDU 2024

Register and book your hotel today to break new ground in education through compelling sessions, in-depth workshops, mentorship, film screenings, trailblazing competitions, a dynamic expo, networking opportunities, and so much more at SXSW EDU from March 4-7, 2024.

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