John Neschheim, an engineer, entrepreneurship consultant, educator and author of bestsellers: “Institute does a lot for the transformation of higher education”

On July 24, the Institute of Higher Education was visited by John Nesheim—an engineer, consultant, entrepreneur, former professor at Cornell University (USA), and author of bestsellers: High Tech Start Up, The Power of Unfair Advantage: How to Create It, Build It, and Use It to Maximum Effect, and Entrepreneur The Person.

The purpose of his visit was to familiarize himself with the Institute as a research institution and to discuss possibilities of bridging the Institute for cooperation with US universities, grant-making organizations, and charitable foundations.

According to Mr. Nesheim, higher education and science in the United States are currently undergoing a period of uncertainty and dramatic changes, and therefore offering recommendations about a particular foundation of institution would be imprudent at the moment. Nevertheless, he noted that the Institute is actively contributing to the transformation of higher education and has a strong chance of securing grant support once the situation improves.

John Nesheim was in Kyiv as an advisor within the framework of U.S. assistance to Ukraine’s military sector. He also expressed interest in the project “Promoting Social Inclusion through Engaging Combat Veterans in Lifelong Learning,” implemented by the Institute’s University-Community Engagement Unit within the  research theme “Social Inclusion in Higher Education During the Post-War Period”.  Mr. Nesheim plans to support construction of housing for veterans with disabilities.