Acknowledgments Introduction Part I: Advancing Equity 1. The Graduation Initiative 2025: Focusing on Completion to Ensure Equity at California State University, by Timothy White and Nathan Evans 2. The University of Hawaii's Journey to Becoming a Native Hawaiian-Serving Institution, by David Lassner and Gail Makuakane-Lundin 3. Student Success for Every Kentuckian, by Aaron Thompson and Lee Nimocks 4. Equity 2030: Minnesota's Moral and Economic Imperative, by Devinder Malhotra and Ronald Anderson Part II: Responding to Crisis 5. Demystifying Upward Mobility: A Systemwide Commitment to Quality and Equity in Teaching and Learning at the City University of New York, by Félix "Felo" V. Matos Rodríguez and Jonathan Gagliardi 6. Louisiana Board of Regents: Leveraging Disaster in a Multi-System State, by Kim Hunter Reed and Meg Sunstrom 7.

Excellence at Scale: How Embracing its Identity Enabled the University of Illinois System to Maximize its Impact and Fully Realize its Role as "The Public's University", by Timothy L. Killeen and Laura Clower 8. Centering the University System of Maryland's Path to Dismantling Structural Racism, by Jay Perman and Denise Wilkerson Part III: Reframing Structures 9. Reinvesting in the University System of Georgia: The Comprehensive Administrative Review, by Steven W. Wrigley and John M. Fuchko III 10. One University: The University of Maine System, by James H. Page and James Thelen 11.

Montana: Tackling Big Challenges with a Strong System, by Clay Christian and Brock Tessman 12. System Redesign: Navigating Culture, Driving Change, and Strengthening Partnerships at the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, by Daniel Greenstein and Randy Goin Jr. 13. Cross-Case Analysis Conclusion: Leading for Systemness.