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Mark Engberg

Mark Engberg

  • Senior Director, Litowitz Center, Northwestern University
  • Instructor, Higher Education Administration and Policy

Contact

mark.engberg@northwestern.edu

Academic Area

Higher Education Administration and Policy

Research Interests

Structural and systemic forces that produce inequality in the American system of postsecondary education; factors that facilitate postsecondary enrollment; educational benefits of diversity in response to affirmative action cases.

Biography

Mark Engberg is the senior director of the Litowitz Center. Educated at the University of Michigan (BA in economics; PhD in higher education) and Northwestern University (MA in counseling psychology), he is an award-winning researcher, teacher, and administrator. His research, which has been cited in numerous amicus curiae briefs presented to the Supreme Court, addresses the educational benefits of diversity and the individual and organizational factors that facilitate postsecondary enrollment. He is co-developer of the Global Perspective Inventory (GPI), a survey instrument used by over 150 schools to examine curricular, co-curricular, and community-based factors that influence global learning and development. His prior administrative posts include associate dean at the University of Denver and chief of staff to the president of La Salle University.

Education

  • Ph.D., Higher Education, University of Michigan
  • MA, Counseling Psychology, Northwestern University
  • BA, Economics, University of Michigan