Beronda L. Montgomery
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Frontiers in Education
TYPE Conceptual Analysis
PUBLISHED XX xx 2025
DOI 10.3389/feduc.2025.1571030
OPEN ACCESS
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David Pérez-Jorge, University of La Laguna, Spain
REVIEWED BY
Nikita Lad,
George Mason University, United States Itahisa Pérez Pérez.
University of La Laguna, Spain
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Whittaker JA and Montgomery BL (2025)
Reimagining a path from institutional willingness to readiness: ecosystem variables that promote or impede sustainable transformation in higher education
Joseph A. Whittaker¹ and Beronda L. Montgomery²*
Global Advisors and Analysts, LLC, Grayson, GA. United States, "Department of Biology, Grinnell College, Grinnell, IA, United States
Many colleges and universities purport agendas involving strategies centered on the readiness to diversify the faculty, staff, and student bodies, modernize curricula, and promote innovation in research and discovery, among other advancements. However, higher education institutions remain reticent in addressing these variables over the long term and are slow to change. In this article, we argue that impediments to change continue to exist because many conflate willingness to change with readiness for change. We seek to support institutions in identifying and amplifying facilitators-both progressive leaders and stakeholders-who will be supported to assess an institution's current state and to advocate, facilitate, and help lead the shift to a state of...](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:wshmnbxikfiuzsry7onmbpdy/bafkreihd67uuju5rcaan3ruwjcn2tsyiulk4rq7uxzbxk4hdxaduzwfemi@jpeg)
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