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Lance Bennett

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President and Founder

Dr. Lance Bennett is the President and Founder of The People’s Institute for the Common Good, a non-profit organization with a big vision to create spaces where people come together to learn from each other, wrestle with hard questions, and serve their communities for the common good. He is also a Visiting Scholar at the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice and Center for Minority Serving Institutions at Rutgers University.

Dr. Bennett is an adjunct faculty member in the Doctor of Education in Leadership and Higher Education Program at St. Edward’s University. In the higher education profession, he serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of Liberal Education, the flagship magazine of the American Association of Colleges and Universities. He is also a published author with articles published in the disciplines of higher education, teaching learning, and interpersonal communication.

He is a graduate of Delaware County Community College (A.A.), Eastern University (B.A.), West Chester University (M.A.), University of Iowa (M.A.) with studies in interpersonal and organizational communication, and St. Edward's University (Ed.D.) in Leadership and Higher Education.

Sept. 16, 2025

Degrees, Detours and the Common Good with Dr. Lance Bennett

From 'publish or perish' to 'learn to liberate,' Dr. Lance Bennett shares how he reimagined higher education to serve real people. We unpack the community care roots of his model (yes, the Black church is a blueprint), the role of therapy and mentorship in significant career shifts, and why being w…
Guest: Lance Bennett