FEBRUARY 28–MARCH 1, 2024 • NEW ORLEANS, LA
The moment for sharpening our strategies and growing our collective impact is now.
Join our convening from February 28 to March 1 in New Orleans to connect as colleagues and partners, align our efforts, and plan the next phase of our work together.
More than ever, the field needs resources to fuel resilience. It needs solutions for building strength. So that institutional and system leaders can persevere in the face of a challenging reality and an evolving landscape. Intermediaries, funders, and policymakers can champion efforts that are truly transformational. And most importantly, the students that the Higher Ed Equity Network is intentionally focused on supporting achieve the social and economic mobility we envision for them.
Agenda
Wednesday, February 28
12:30 - 1:30 pm CT
Lunch
1:30 - 2:00 pm CT
Welcome Remarks
2:00 - 3:00 pm CT
Collective Impact in Action: Lessons From New Orleans
3:00 - 3:20 pm CT
Break
3:20 - 3:50 pm CT
Network Jeopardy!
3:50 - 4:50 pm CT
Leading in Higher Ed: A Conversation with Commissioner Kim Hunter Reed
4:50 - 5:00 pm CT
Closing
5:00 - 6:30 pm CT
Closed Governing Board Meeting
6:30 - 7:00 pm CT
Reception With Dillard Choir Performance
7:00 - 8:30 pm CT
Dinner
Thursday, February 29
7:45 - 8:45 am CT
Breakfast
9:00 - 9:15 am CT
Welcome
9:15 - 10:00 am CT
Network Update: Look Back, Look Ahead
10:00 - 10:30 am CT
And....Action!! (Our Action Sequence)
10:50 am - 12:20 pm CT
Our Priorities: Transfer Task Group Update & Action Planning
12:20 - 1:20 pm CT
Lunch
1:20 - 2:05 pm CT
Speed Dating: HEEN Edition
2:05 - 2:25 pm CT
Break
2:25 - 3:10 pm CT
Leading in Higher Ed: A Conversation With President Berenecea Johnson Eanes
3:00 - 3:10 pm CT
Break
3:30 - 5:00 pm CT
Our Priorities: Data Use to Improve Career Outcomes Task Group Update & Action Planning
5:00 - 5:15 pm CT
Closing
Friday, March 1
7:30 - 8:45 am CT
Breakfast
9:00 - 10:00 am CT
The Equity Backlash: Understanding the Current Climate
10:00 - 10:10 am CT
Break
10:10 - 11: 30 am CT
The Equity Backlash: How Do We Respond?
11:30 - 11:50 am CT
Break
11:50 am - 12:35 pm CT
UnConference: What's On the Horizon For Higher Ed?
12:35 - 1:05 pm CT
Next Steps, Closing & Lunch
