Keith Edwards
@keithephd.bsky.social
Minnesotan. Higher Ed Leader. Mindfulness. Meditation. Speaker, author, and coach. Empowering better tomorrows. Leadership · Learning · Equity.
HE needs leadership that is mission-driven, student-centered, & nimble & adaptable. Dr. Brian Bruess, is the first pres of both CSB + SJU. He is leading strong integration & putting systemness into practice for a more interconnected & relational way of leading.
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Strong Integration and Systemness: Practicing Interconnected and Relational Leadership in Higher Education
Given the challenges higher education is facing right now, we need models of leadership that are mission-driven, student-centered, and nimble and adaptable. Dr. Brian Bruess, is the first president of...
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November 19, 2025 at 2:35 PM
HE needs leadership that is mission-driven, student-centered, & nimble & adaptable. Dr. Brian Bruess, is the first pres of both CSB + SJU. He is leading strong integration & putting systemness into practice for a more interconnected & relational way of leading.
studentaffairsnow.com/strong-integ...
studentaffairsnow.com/strong-integ...
Choosing to leave Macalester was a pivotal moment in my professional and personal life. Here's some of that story with lots of behind-the-scenes footage have never before shared publicly. I hope it is helpful to others in finding their own path away from the "shoulds." even the complimentary ones.
Learning to release the pressure of the “shoulds” and leaning into authentic desires is not easy feat. This episode explores the courageous decision of releasing the rules and making the decision to embrace a life worth living.
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Here's the Story: "Living without the 'Should'"
Learning to release the pressure of the "shoulds" and leaning into authentic desires is not easy feat. This episode explores the courageous decision of releasing the rules and making the decision to e...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Choosing to leave Macalester was a pivotal moment in my professional and personal life. Here's some of that story with lots of behind-the-scenes footage have never before shared publicly. I hope it is helpful to others in finding their own path away from the "shoulds." even the complimentary ones.
Have you ever considered adding a side hustle to complement your campus-based role or even moving into a full-time independent role?
Join me for this Overview Workshop on Nov. 21.
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Join me for this Overview Workshop on Nov. 21.
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From Campus Roles to Independent Work - Keith Edwards PhD - Speaker Author Coach
Are you ready to expand your impact beyond your current campus?
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November 4, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Have you ever considered adding a side hustle to complement your campus-based role or even moving into a full-time independent role?
Join me for this Overview Workshop on Nov. 21.
keithedwards.com/independent/
Join me for this Overview Workshop on Nov. 21.
keithedwards.com/independent/
Announcing the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership.
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Announcing Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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October 16, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Announcing the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership.
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Evolve Is Evolving
We are excited to announce the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership, focused on courageous leadership to reimagine higher education.
Learn about our leadership coaching journeys here:
www.evolve-institute.com
We are excited to announce the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership, focused on courageous leadership to reimagine higher education.
Learn about our leadership coaching journeys here:
www.evolve-institute.com
October 14, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Evolve Is Evolving
We are excited to announce the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership, focused on courageous leadership to reimagine higher education.
Learn about our leadership coaching journeys here:
www.evolve-institute.com
We are excited to announce the Evolve Institute for Higher Education Leadership, focused on courageous leadership to reimagine higher education.
Learn about our leadership coaching journeys here:
www.evolve-institute.com
We need a new generation of leaders to reimagine higher education.
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Reimagining Higher Ed Leadership
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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October 1, 2025 at 8:18 PM
We need a new generation of leaders to reimagine higher education.
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The ending of Redford’s A River Runs Through It (1992), based on the Norman Maclean novella. Such an incredibly gifted artist. RIP
September 16, 2025 at 2:47 PM
The ending of Redford’s A River Runs Through It (1992), based on the Norman Maclean novella. Such an incredibly gifted artist. RIP
All of my coaching sessions take place over the phone while I walk a three-mile loop in my neighborhood. This is unusual—and intentional.
Here's a 1-minute snippet from last week's video on why, how, and what I coach.
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Here's a 1-minute snippet from last week's video on why, how, and what I coach.
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Why I Walk for All My Coaching Calls
YouTube video by Keith Edwards
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September 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
All of my coaching sessions take place over the phone while I walk a three-mile loop in my neighborhood. This is unusual—and intentional.
Here's a 1-minute snippet from last week's video on why, how, and what I coach.
youtube.com/shorts/fDpfg...
Here's a 1-minute snippet from last week's video on why, how, and what I coach.
youtube.com/shorts/fDpfg...
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Since @hammer59.bsky.social reminded me of it...
Survivor's Eye of the Tiger commercial for Starbucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MgE...
Survivor's Eye of the Tiger commercial for Starbucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MgE...
August 26, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Since @hammer59.bsky.social reminded me of it...
Survivor's Eye of the Tiger commercial for Starbucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MgE...
Survivor's Eye of the Tiger commercial for Starbucks www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MgE...
Reflect on the summer’s most significant events shaping higher ed. They explore tensions between values and practice, policy and reality, and what students are bringing, while also highlighting progress, innovation, and what keeps us motivated in this work.
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Current Campus Context: Reflections, Tensions, and Hopes for Higher Ed
Current Campus Context is Student Affairs Now’s rapid-response series breaking down the latest developments in higher education. In this August edition, host Heather Shea is joined by Dr. Felecia Comm...
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August 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Reflect on the summer’s most significant events shaping higher ed. They explore tensions between values and practice, policy and reality, and what students are bringing, while also highlighting progress, innovation, and what keeps us motivated in this work.
studentaffairsnow.com/current-camp...
studentaffairsnow.com/current-camp...
Higher ed is facing major challenges. This is a time to move boldly and invest in your teams to better use resources and double down on student success. Join us for @myacpa.bsky.social Institute on the Curricular Approach in October. I will see you there.
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Join the 2025 Institute on the Curricular Approach
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August 1, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Higher ed is facing major challenges. This is a time to move boldly and invest in your teams to better use resources and double down on student success. Join us for @myacpa.bsky.social Institute on the Curricular Approach in October. I will see you there.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8kA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8kA...
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Dr. Zach Mercurio discusses his book The Power of Mattering. He describes how mattering differs from belonging and inclusion and how much mattering matters and a practical framework for cultivating mattering: noticing, affirming, and needing.
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The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance
Dr. Zach Mercurio discusses his new book The Power of Mattering: How Leaders Can Create a Culture of Significance. Zach comes from student affairs roots and focuses now on significance, meaning, purpo...
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July 23, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Dr. Zach Mercurio discusses his book The Power of Mattering. He describes how mattering differs from belonging and inclusion and how much mattering matters and a practical framework for cultivating mattering: noticing, affirming, and needing.
studentaffairsnow.com/the-power-of...
studentaffairsnow.com/the-power-of...
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While it is hard to think about the “dark place” that COVID holds in our collective heart, we are remiss if we do not acknowledge the great work that was done. Ardell Sanders tells a story about lessons learned and victories won during that tough time.
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Here's the Story: "It Can't Be About Me"
While it is hard to think about the "dark place" that COVID holds in our collective heart, we are remiss if we do not acknowledge the great work that was done. Ardell Sanders tells a story about lesso...
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July 9, 2025 at 1:44 PM
While it is hard to think about the “dark place” that COVID holds in our collective heart, we are remiss if we do not acknowledge the great work that was done. Ardell Sanders tells a story about lessons learned and victories won during that tough time.
studentaffairsnow.com/heres-the-st...
studentaffairsnow.com/heres-the-st...
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Paying it forward comes to life as Dr. McZee makes good on a commitment to pay forward care for the African American men he mentors until it was paid in full. studentaffairsnow.com/heres-the-st...
Here's The Story: "Paid in Full"
Paying it forward comes to life as Dr. McZee makes good on a commitment to pay forward care for the African American men he mentors until it was paid in full.
studentaffairsnow.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Paying it forward comes to life as Dr. McZee makes good on a commitment to pay forward care for the African American men he mentors until it was paid in full. studentaffairsnow.com/heres-the-st...
Are you struggling to engage men effectively without reifying troubling patterns? Here’s a resource grounded in research and proven in practice.
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keithedwards.com/book/
July 9, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Are you struggling to engage men effectively without reifying troubling patterns? Here’s a resource grounded in research and proven in practice.
keithedwards.com/book/
keithedwards.com/book/
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Dr. @annmarie-cano.bsky.social's Leading Toward Liberation offers an approach to HE leadership centering justice, healing, & systemic change. Drawing from liberation psychology & Latin American liberation theology, Caño advocates for acompañamiento leadership.
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Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education
Dr. Annmarie Caño discusses her book Leading Toward Liberation: How to Build Cultures of Thriving in Higher Education. This book offers a transformative approach to leadership in higher education that...
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July 2, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Dr. @annmarie-cano.bsky.social's Leading Toward Liberation offers an approach to HE leadership centering justice, healing, & systemic change. Drawing from liberation psychology & Latin American liberation theology, Caño advocates for acompañamiento leadership.
studentaffairsnow.com/leading-towa...
studentaffairsnow.com/leading-towa...
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. @drkevinrmcclure.com shares a transformative approach to HE workplace culture. IHE must prioritize the well-being of faculty and staff to enhance student success. Kevin shares how leaders can re-imagine the workplace through a lens of organizational care.
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The Caring University: Reimagining the Workplace after the Great Resignation
In his book The Caring University, Dr. Kevin McClure shares a transformative approach to higher education workplace culture. He argues that institutions must prioritize the well-being of faculty and s...
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June 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
. @drkevinrmcclure.com shares a transformative approach to HE workplace culture. IHE must prioritize the well-being of faculty and staff to enhance student success. Kevin shares how leaders can re-imagine the workplace through a lens of organizational care.
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Anne Brackett & Alicia Wojciuch explore how strengths-based approaches can transform how we supervise and lead. Whether you’re new to CliftonStrengths or know your top five by heart, you’ll leave with practical strategies, fresh insights, and ready to lead.
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Strengths-Based Supervision in Student Affairs
Anne Brackett and Alicia Wojciuch, two dynamic leaders who’ve helped hundreds of student affairs professionals, join Heather Shea to explore how strengths-based approaches can transform the way we sup...
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June 19, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Anne Brackett & Alicia Wojciuch explore how strengths-based approaches can transform how we supervise and lead. Whether you’re new to CliftonStrengths or know your top five by heart, you’ll leave with practical strategies, fresh insights, and ready to lead.
studentaffairsnow.com/strengths/
studentaffairsnow.com/strengths/
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It's always amused me that the one guy in ZZ Top without a beard was the guy named Beard.
June 11, 2025 at 4:51 PM
It's always amused me that the one guy in ZZ Top without a beard was the guy named Beard.
Remember those episodes of Andor where the group of rebels are fighting with each other over BS and personality conflicts while the Empire tries to provoke protesters into a reaction to justify gutting an entire planet?
June 8, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Remember those episodes of Andor where the group of rebels are fighting with each other over BS and personality conflicts while the Empire tries to provoke protesters into a reaction to justify gutting an entire planet?
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The editors of Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education share stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being, embodiment, and inner work to becoming and social change.
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Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education: Narratives Toward Wholeness
The editors of this book join to discuss contemplative practices for transformation. The volume shares stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being...
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May 28, 2025 at 2:16 PM
The editors of Contemplative Practices and Acts of Resistance in Higher Education share stories that offer life experience, powerful examples, and concrete practices to help bring being, embodiment, and inner work to becoming and social change.
studentaffairsnow.com/contemplativ...
studentaffairsnow.com/contemplativ...
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Authentic relationships between Black & white women are can be difficult due to realities of misogynoir & the role of white women in perpetuating harm. Learn about building reciprocal & accountable relationships beyond performativity toward connection & change.
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Reciprocity Required: Relationships Between Black and White Women in Higher Education
Authentic relationships between Black and white women in higher education are often difficult to cultivate—made more so by the persistent realities of misogynoir and the role white women can play in p...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Authentic relationships between Black & white women are can be difficult due to realities of misogynoir & the role of white women in perpetuating harm. Learn about building reciprocal & accountable relationships beyond performativity toward connection & change.
studentaffairsnow.com/reciprocity-...
studentaffairsnow.com/reciprocity-...
What if this Father’s Day or graduation season, we offered more than cash or platitudes — we offered unmasking?
Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity invites men to explore who they are beyond the scripts they’ve been handed.
Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity invites men to explore who they are beyond the scripts they’ve been handed.
June 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
What if this Father’s Day or graduation season, we offered more than cash or platitudes — we offered unmasking?
Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity invites men to explore who they are beyond the scripts they’ve been handed.
Unmasking: Toward Authentic Masculinity invites men to explore who they are beyond the scripts they’ve been handed.
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. @drjessicariddell.bsky.social discusses mindsets & 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher ed from Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status quo and a call to “challenge the actual in the name of the possible."
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Hope Circuits: Rewiring Universities and Other Organizations for Human Flourishing
Dr. Jessica Riddell discusses mindsets and 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher education from her research and book Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status qu...
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May 21, 2025 at 11:15 AM
. @drjessicariddell.bsky.social discusses mindsets & 10 tools to rethink, reimagine, and rebuild institutions of higher ed from Hope Circuits. She offers a critique of the status quo and a call to “challenge the actual in the name of the possible."
studentaffairsnow.com/hope-circuits/
studentaffairsnow.com/hope-circuits/