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Higher education leaders around the globe are asking how to (re)connect what matters to students and universities in 2025. Can engaging students in field-based learning experiences provide a bridge?
Based on a set of talks and visits made in Western European and US universities, Mary Watson will share insights from student, faculty, and executive leadership. Lorenley Báez will talk about what belonging means to students now, and how universities can build inclusion.
What do belonging and learning have in common in our collective success? How does higher ed need to change?
Join us and share your experiences!
Presented by the Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment at the Schools of Public Engagement and Management + Entrepreneurship Programs at The New School.
The Milano School of Policy, Management, and Environment offers graduate degrees that combine progressive theory and influential research with real-world experiences. Based in New York City, Milano is a graduate school designed for pragmatic idealists who want to leverage their passion for positive social change to become transformative leaders. Our faculty of renowned scholars and experts are deeply engaged in social, economic, and environmental issues and works actively to solve the major social and organizational challenges of our time.
Mary R. Watson is Executive Dean emeritus of the Schools of Public Engagement. During her tenure as Executive Dean, she led the founding college of The New School which advances educational innovation and action-oriented learning in creative and community-engaged fields. Her work at The New School includes co-leading a university-wide management, leadership, and entrepreneurship initiative, Management at The New School. During her time as Executive Dean, she has integrated university-wide projects and centers into the core academic offerings of the college. This includes advancing The New School’s university-wide Impact Entrepreneurship Initiative and The New School Collaboratory, an initiative on university-community partnerships.
Lorenley Báez joined The New School in January 2020 as Assistant Vice President in Student Success. She was later appointed Associate Provost for Academic Advising and Career Development in Student Success. Previously, she was at the College of Mount Saint Vincent, where she served as Associate Dean for the Oxley Center for Academic Advisement, providing strategic oversight for career education, internships, academic advisement, TRiO Student Support Services, Mount Access Program, Arthur O. Eve Higher Education Opportunity Program, Academic Resource Center, and Office of Disability Services.
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