Until the end of summer 2022, Dr. Dara Byrne was dean of undergraduate studies and associate provost for undergraduate retention at John Jay College. She’s now the dean of Macaulay Honors College. She’s worn a few hats during her twenty years at CUNY and the how and the why of that makes for an interesting and inspiring journey. In this episode, you get to hear the origin story of a dedicated educator and an effective administrator, one who would have been quite surprised if you told her in high school that those descriptors would one day apply to her. She talks about her very intentional leadership philosophy which she likens to an early morning snow plow. As she says, “The best part of power and access is to be able to use it to clear the debris out of the way.”
There are some great takeaways in here, not just for would-be educators and administrators, but for students and faculty and, well, humans. My personal favorite: “Learn about what you’re good at. Explore. Be open.”
Here’s more info about the AI project, “Using AI to help more college students graduate,” that Dara refers to in the interview.
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