%0 Journal Article %T President Emeritus Miguel A. Nev¨˘rez: An Agent for Social Justice in Higher Education %A Anita Pankake %A Rolando Avila %J Journal of Hispanic Higher Education %@ 1552-5716 %D 2018 %R 10.1177/1538192716670995 %X This study chronicles important contributions made by Miguel A. Nev¨˘rez, an Hispanic model for social justice in higher education. An analysis of archival records and interviews shows how Nev¨˘rez brought about greater opportunities for South Texas students by institutionalizing campus initiatives and by playing a role in the birth of the South Texas Border Initiative and the expansion of the University of Texas System. By chronicling Nev¨˘rezĄŻs actions, this study fills a gap in the historical record %K higher education %K Latina(o) %K qualitative %K social justice %K leadership %U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1538192716670995