kpk9@psu.edu

Kevin Kinser is Professor of Education Policy Studies and Senior Scientist in the Center for the Study of Higher Education at Pennsylvania State University. A graduate of Columbia University's Teachers College (New York), Kinser studies leadership, technologies, and organizational structures of institutions of higher education, including the public policies related to private for-profit institutions and international cross-border higher education. Kinser is co-founder of the Cross-Border Education Research Team (C-BERT) which investigates the scope and impact of international branch campuses worldwide, and the incoming director of the Program on Research on Private Higher Education (PROPHE). Kinser is the author or editor of six books and more than 70 articles, chapters, and scholarly reports, and he is regularly invited to present his research at conferences in the United States and abroad. Because of his research, Kinser is regularly sought out by national and international media outlets for commentary on higher education trends and current issues in the US and overseas. His most recent book is Global Trends in Tertiary Education Quality Assurance: Challenges and Opportunities in Internal and External Quality Assurance (Brill 2025).