Edward S. Inch

Background

About Edward S. Inch

Colleges and universities are inspiring places that help reveal our students’ tremendous potential to address the world’s greatest challenges and opportunities. I am passionate about supporting our students' success; they will be the leaders and thinkers who create our future, address the challenges our world faces, and explore the opportunities that emerge. My career has been guided by the principle that students are our mission, and supporting their success our obligation. Ensuring access to an equitable education empowers students by helping them think critically, problem-solve in teams, thrive in multicultural and complex settings, and find their voice while instilling in them the confidence to use it. This core belief is why I competed in and later directed speech and debate teams for more than twenty-five years. Being able to advocate, dialogue, manage conflict, and move people forward together is the power people find in their voice. My work in the Balkans teaching students who had come through a protracted ethnic war proved to me the importance of empowered voices. Higher education has tremendous potential and promise for every student. Helping them unlock the promise of their future has been and remains my inspiration.