LInc Talk

Date: 

Thursday, February 20, 2020, 12:00pm to 1:30pm

Location: 

East Dining Room, Harvard Faculty Club, 20 Quincy St.

 
Unlocking The Full Value of Higher Education Through Relationship-Rich and Work-Integrated Learning

Brandon BusteedBrandon Busteed
President, University Partners
Kaplan, Inc.

Former Global Head of Public Sector at Gallup – serving higher education, government and foundations. 

As higher education tries to navigate through declining public support, concerns about its price tag, and doubts about the work readiness of its graduates there remain clear paths for individual colleges and universities to thrive amidst the chaos.  Understanding the value proposition of higher education through the lens of consumers (students, alumni, employers and taxpayers) is critical to understanding the direction institutions need to head in the future. This discussion will synthesize extensive research, market insights, and tangible examples of how higher ed succeeds in the decades to come.  

 

Biography: 

Brandon Busteed leads Kaplan’s work serving U.S. colleges and universities, leveraging the organization’s highly-diversified, global educational offerings and insights. His mission is to help U.S. higher education adapt, grow and thrive.

Prior to Kaplan, Busteed was Global Head of Public Sector at Gallup – serving higher education, government and foundations. In that role, Busteed led dozens of ground-breaking studies and consulted with hundreds of higher ed leaders.

Busteed was the founder and CEO of Outside The Classroom, one of the country’s first successful Ed Tech companies which was acquired by EverFi in 2011. Its flagship online courses on alcohol abuse and sexual assault prevention have been taken by more than 10 million college students.

An internationally known speaker and author on education and workforce development, Busteed has published more than 100 articles and keynoted more than 200 conferences. He was named a LinkedIn “Top Voice” in education for 2018, and is a frequent contributor for Forbes.com.

Busteed received his bachelor’s degree in public policy from Duke University where he was also a two-sport Division 1 athlete. He received an honorary doctorate from Augustana College. He is a trustee emeritus of Duke and has served on the Board of Visitors of the Sanford School of Public Policy.

Busteed is a current member of the Business-Higher Education Forum - the nation’s oldest membership organization of Fortune 500 CEOs, college and university presidents, and other leaders dedicated to the creation of a highly skilled future workforce. He also serves on the board of directors for the Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U).