When the House Is on Fire: HR as Strategic Thought Partners in the Healing of Higher Education
Reverend Jonathan Wesley • Chief Human Resouces and Civil Rights Compliance Officer • Finger Lakes Community College (SUNY) • Canandaigua, NY
May 25, 2026
Higher education has long been comfortable treating HR as a paperwork function, but that comfort has come at the expense of the people who make the academic mission possible. This essay invites academic leaders to reconceive HR as a strategic thought partner in the healing and restoration of their workforce. Read more >


