Ben Wildavsky

College Board Policy Center

Ben Wildavsky is senior fellow and executive director of the College Board Policy Center. Previously, Wildavsky was Senior Fellow in Research and Policy at the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution. He joined the Kauffman Foundation following an 18-year career as a writer and editor specializing in education and public policy. Wildavsky was education editor of U.S. News & World Report, where he was the top editor of "America's Best Colleges" and "America's Best Graduate Schools" and oversaw several award-winning cover stories. He was a media fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and is a guest scholar at the Brookings Institution.

Featured Work

The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

MAY 11, 2010 Podcast

The Great Brain Race: How Global Universities Are Reshaping the World

Ben Wildavsky shows how international competition for the brightest minds is transforming the world of higher education, and why this revolution should be welcomed, not ...