Campus Compact today announced that Byron P. White, Associate Provost for Urban Research and Community Engagement at the University of North Carolina Charlotte, will serve as Executive Leadership and Institutional Transformation Fellow for the 2023-2024 academic year.
As the Executive Leadership and Institutional Transformation Fellow, Byron will advance Campus Compact’s agenda to deepen civic and community engagement within higher education institutions across the country. This fellowship is created in alignment with the writing and publishing of a book tentatively titled “Engaging to Survive: A Community-Centric Roadmap to Higher Education’s Future.” Campus Compact will publish the book in FY25, with the final manuscript completed during the scope of this fellowship. During the fellowship, Byron will connect with members across the country to support research and development efforts for the book and engage senior leaders as Compact develops a comprehensive portfolio of leadership development programs. Byron will also lead, in collaboration with his colleagues at the Engagement Academy, a preconference institute during Compact24.
Byron will be one of the new and returning fellows who make up the 2023-2024 cohort of Campus Compact fellows, a group of experienced practitioners, scholars, and field leaders who will advance Campus Compact’s work in key areas, including community colleges, dialogue and deliberation, student-led engagement, rural serving institutions, anti-racist community engagement, federal policy, intercultural development, field-level research and recognition, and executive leadership.