Ph.D. in International and Comparative Education, Columbia University
M.A. in Liberal Arts, St John’s College
B.A. in Classics, Wabash College

Kyle Long is a strategist and scholar at the intersection of higher education and international affairs. He served on the faculty at the George Washington University and has also taught at Northwestern University and Columbia University. Previous leadership roles include Senior Director of Organizational Strategy and Change at Northwestern University, UNESCO Co-Chair of International Education for Development at the George Washington University, and Vice President of the American University of Iraq Foundation. He has led change management, communications, development, and research units for universities and has advised higher education leaders, government officials, and private entrepreneurs about university governance, academic development, and enrollment management.

Dr. Long is an award-winning author and internationally recognized authority on American education outside the United States. He is a sought-after conference speaker and regularly comments on international education issues in the press. His scholarship has appeared in Current Issues in Comparative Education, International Higher Education, and Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, among other venues. Dr. Long founded and directs the Global American Higher Education research initiative, which provides timely data and analysis to academics, policymakers, and journalists. He holds a PhD in International and Comparative Education from Columbia University.