What’s Next for Missouri?

Our partner, Jan Greenwood, was consulted for the Inside Higher Ed article What's Next for Missouri? Jan Greenwood, an executive search consultant who specializes in higher education and is president of Greenwood/Asher & Associates, said presidents who come from industry, and not higher education, often have a particularly difficult time responding to student activism and concerns over race and equity. “One of the biggest topics right now is diversity and racism and developing a university that is responsive, not after the fact but before the fact,” she said. “These nuances get missed [and] it’s very important to be able to understand those and understand the intensity. That is an area of extraordinary concern.” Read more on Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/11/13/university-missouri-looks-ahead-it-tries-combat-race-issues-campus