Professor William K. Cummings
William K. Cummings, who received his Ph.D. from Harvard University with a dissertation on “The Academic Marketplace and University Reform in Japan” in 1972 currently is Professor of International Education and International Affairs at George Washington University. Dr. Cummings has been involved in development work for over 25 years, including long-term residence in Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Japan, and Singapore, and short-term consultancies in over 15 countries in Asia, the Middle-East, Africa, Latin America, and Eastern Europe. Included in this work is experience in developing higher education programs and monitoring their progress for OECD, the World Bank, USAID, and the Ford Foundation. He has authored or edited over 100 articles and 25 books or monographs on education and development including The Institutions of Education published by Symposium books in 2004. Dr. Cummings is past president of the Comparative and International Education Society.
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