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- Direct pipeline. As the president of Wellesley College, Paula Johnson often gets a head start on tackling many of the issues that will rankle workplaces later on. For instance, before Gen Z professionals advocated for transparency and work-life balance, they asked more of their universities. And before anti-affirmative action lawsuits challenged corporate diversity and inclusion initiatives, such matters landed on college campuses first.
