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Read the article Forum on Leadership 2025: Higher Education and Democracy.
Apr 24, 2025

Forum on Leadership 2025: Higher Education and Democracy

Panel featuring Dr. Ben Sasse, former President of the University of Florida and former U.S. Senator from Nebraska; Dr. R Gerald Turner, President of SMU; and Dr. Melva Wallace, President and CEO of Huston-Tillotson University, moderated by Robin Berkley, the Ann Kimball Johnson Director of Education at the Bush Institute.
Read the article Forum on Leadership 2025: Only in America.
Apr 24, 2025

Forum on Leadership 2025: Only in America

Watch the conversation featuring Salim Asrawi, Co-Founder and President of Texas de Brazil, and Daniel Lubetzky, Founder of Builders Movement and KIND, moderated by Anne Wicks, the Don Evans Family Managing Director of Opportunity and Democracy at the Bush Institute.
Read the article How a VLP alumna broke down employment barriers for military spouses and dependents stationed abroad.
Apr 4, 2025

How a VLP alumna broke down employment barriers for military spouses and dependents stationed abroad

Featuring: Michael Bailey
Beth Conlin is a 2021 Stand-To Veteran Leadership Program alumna and an expert on Status of Forces Agreements (SOFAs). She spoke with the George W. Bush Institute's Deputy Director of Leadership Programs Michael Bailey about how SOFAs have historically prevented military spouses and dependents from seeking employment while stationed abroad and how she used the lessons learned in VLP to change this.
Read the article Two Minute Take: Department or not – the federal role in education.
Mar 11, 2025

Two Minute Take: Department or not – the federal role in education

Featuring: Anne Wicks
The conversation around the future of the U.S. Department of Education has skyrocketed in recent weeks. Anne Wicks, the George W. Bush Institute's Don Evans Family Managing Director of Opportunity and Democracy explains what role the federal government has and should continue to have in education.

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