One Million Degrees
Wayne Knox, MPA, currently serves as Chief Operating Officer at One Million Degrees and Faculty Lecturer at the University of Kentucky. With extensive experience in higher education administration, Knox held significant positions at Huston-Tillotson University, including Senior Vice President for Finance and Chief Operating Officer, where responsibilities encompassed enhancing student experiences and overseeing various operational teams within a $62M university. Previous roles include Planning and Community Relations Manager at the University of Chicago and Project Manager at City Colleges of Chicago, with a strong background in strategic planning, project management, and community engagement. Educationally, Knox holds a Master of Public Administration from DePaul University and multiple certificates related to higher education management, culminating in a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Central State University.
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One Million Degrees
One Million Degrees empowers low-income, highly motivated community college students to succeed in school, in work, and in life. Community college students are among the most important yet least supported of this country's undergraduate population. Community colleges offer pathways to meaningful careers and, often, an on-ramp to four-year universities. Yet, lacking critical resources, most students never graduate. It is stunning how little is available to this vital and vibrant group of students. One Million Degrees changes the odds entirely. Our groundbreaking program – innovative, personalized, uniquely effective – delivers the kind of meaningful support that is transforming lives and creating a pattern of positive change that will echo for generations. This is what works.