Alex Usher is the President of Higher Education Strategy Associates, a role he has held for over a decade. He is an internationally recognized expert on a range of fields within higher education, including student financial aid, quality measurement, and public financing. He also has experience in strategic planning and visioning at both the institutional and system level.
Prior to founding Higher Education Strategy Associates, Mr. Usher served as the Director of Educational Policy Institute Canada and as the Director of Research and Program Development at the Canada Millennium Scholarship Foundation. From 1996 to 1998, Mr. Usher served as a researcher and lobbyist for the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada and before that was the first national director of the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations. He holds degrees from McGill University and Carleton University.
Alex will present his keynote address on Friday, May 27th at 2:30 pm ET.
For more information, please visit our conference webpage.