Leading Without the Script: How a First‐Gen President Rewrites What Higher Ed Can Be
Abstract
When Dr. Susan R. Burns left the suburbs of Topeka, Kansas, for college, she wasn’t following a well‐trodden family path. She was the third daughter in a tight‐knit Midwestern family, but the first to leave home for higher education. “I had no idea what I was doing,” she says. “I was a good student … and I knew more school meant more money, so I was just trying to get through school fast.”
Fields of Study & Subjects
Higher Education Research Studies
Higher Education Governance and Development
Education
Leadership
and Health Research
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Recruiting & Retaining Adult Learners
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 1–8
- Publication date
- 1 February 2026
- Language
- EN