Notes on Contributors
Editor
Elena Denisova-Schmidt
is a Research Fellow at the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, and a Research Associate at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland. Previously, she has held appointments at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the Kennan Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the German Institute for International and Security Affairs, the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, the Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University, and the Aleksanteri Institute of the University of Helsinki. Before moving into academia, Elena Denisova-Schmidt worked for the VSMPO-AVISMA Corporation in Russia.
Authors
Philip G. Altbach
is research professor and founding director of the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College where from 1994 to 2015 he was the Monan University Professor.
Arevik Anapiosyan
is currently serving as Deputy Minister of Education, Science, Culture, and Sport of the Republic of Armenia.
Linda J. Børresen
is senior legal adviser in the Department of foreign education, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (ENIC-NARIC Norway).
Vida Janina Česnaitienė
is associate professor and doctor of biomedical sciences at Lithuanian Sports University, Department of Physical and Social Education, and is senior researcher at the Institute of Sport Science and Innovations.
Igor Chirikov
is the Director of the Student Experience in the Research University (SERU) and senior researcher at the Center for Studies in Higher Education (CSHE), University of California, Berkeley.
Hans de Wit
is director of the Center for International Higher Education and professor of practice at the Lynch School of Education and Human Development at Boston College.
Judith S. Eaton
is president of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA), a US association of degree-granting colleges and universities that serves as an advocate for the value of accreditation and quality assurance as well as a comprehensive source of information on these topics nationally and internationally.
Arūnas Emeljanovas
is professor and doctor of biomedical sciences at Lithuanian Sports University, Department of Physical and Social Education.
George D. Gollin
is professor of physics at the University of Illinois. His research in experimental elementary particle physics has included participation in experiments in the United States and Europe. He served on the Council for Higher Education’s Board of Directors from 2006 through 2012, and received a Guggenheim Fellowship to write about the rise and spectacular implosion of the St. Regis University diploma mill.
Ani Hovhannisyan
is a PhD student at the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland.
Diana Karanauskienė
is associate professor and doctor of Social Sciences (Education) at Lithuanian Sports University, Department of Physical and Social Education.
Elvira Leontyeva
is head of the Department of Sociology, Political and Regional Studies of Pacific National University in Khabarovsk, Russia.
James McCrostie
is a professor of English as a Second Language in the Department of Business Administration at Daito Bunka University, Japan.
Einar Meier
is senior strategy adviser in the Department of foreign education, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (ENIC-NARIC Norway).
Brigita Miežienė
is associate professor and doctor of social sciences (Psychology) at Lithuanian Sports University, Department of Physical and Social Education.
Mihaylo Milovanovitch
is senior policy specialist with the European Training Foundation, Italy and a pro bono affiliate of the Center for Applied Policy and Integrity, Bulgaria.
Goolam Mohamedbhai
is currently an independent consultant in higher education, was vice-chancellor of the University of Mauritius, secretary-general of the Association of African Universities and President of the International Association of Universities.
Jeremy Morris
is associate professor of global studies at Aarhus University, Denmark.
Jan Petter Myklebust
was deputy director at the Research Department, University of Bergen, Norway from 1992–2017 and Nordic correspondent for University World News since 2009.
Gilbert Nakweya
is a Kenyan journalist interested in sustainable development issues in science and higher education with a bias to the developing world.
Ararat L. Osipian
is Alexander Mirtchev visiting professor and scholar at Schar School of Policy and Government, George Mason University, and a fellow of the Institute of International Education.
Abel Polese
is a researcher, trainer, writer, manager and fundraiser.
Yaroslav Prytula
is dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences and an adjunct professor in economics and business analysis at the Lviv Business School of the Ukrainian Catholic University in Lviv, Ukraine.
Liz Reisberg
is an international consultant working on projects related to the improvement of higher education and a research fellow at the Center for International Higher Education at Boston College.
Nidhi S. Sabharwal
is associate professor at the Centre for Policy Research in Higher Education, National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi.
Evgeniia Shmeleva
is a PhD student and a junior research fellow at the Institute of Education, Higher School of Economics, Russia.
Stig Arne Skjerven
is director of foreign education in the Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (ENIC-NARIC Norway) and elected-president of the ENIC Bureau.
Anna Solovyeva
works as a policy analyst in the field of international development in Washington, D.C.
Tetiana Stepurko
is head of project implementation office of the Ukrainian-Swiss project, Medical Education Development, and associate professor at National University of Kyiv-Mohyla Academy.
Ivan Sterligov
heads the Scientometrics Center of the National Research, Higher School of Economics (HSE).
Agustian Sutrisno
lectures at Atma Jaya Catholic University of Indonesia, Jakarta.
William G. Tierney
is university professor emeritus and founding director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education at the University of Southern California.
Xiaofeng Wan
is an associate dean of admission and coordinator of International Recruitment, Amherst College, USA.
Rui Yang
is professor and associate dean at the Faculty of Education in the University of Hong Kong.