My first article as a contributor to Forbes.com has been published today! The article is entitled “New Middle East Universities Shape the Post-Oil Knowledge Economy.” A very exciting opportunity came from all the work on our new book, the New Global Universities. I am now a contributor to Forbes.com, with a remit to report on global higher education innovations and an eye toward the future of higher education and STEM teaching and learning. You can find my Forbes.com contributor page online. I am very grateful for this opportunity, and I thank Lela Randall and the team at RW Jones for helping me get into this new space.

I look forward to talking to many of my friends and colleagues in developing future articles. I will write 2 or more articles per month on topics related to higher education innovation. The new article opens with the following framing:

Traditionally, the relationship between the U.S. and the Middle East has been defined by oil and geopolitics. However, over the past few decades, another equally significant exchange has been taking place: the development of higher education in the Middle East. This educational revolution, driven by the establishment of new universities in the UAE, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia, is laying the foundation for a post-oil knowledge economy that could reshape the global landscape in unexpected ways.

I also thank Chris Gentilviso from Forbes for helping me with this first article. More to come soon!