Marguerite Dennis

Marguerite J. Dennis is an internationally recognized expert on higher education administration, admission, financing, and international student strategic planning.

She is the author of six books on higher education, two books on trends in international education, and more than 200 articles on higher education.

Previous administrative experience included employment at St. John’s University in New York, Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., and Suffolk University in Boston where she managed 100 employees and was responsible for the university’s recruitment, admission, financial aid, international programs and fundraising activities.

Marguerite is the director of the Society of Transnational Academic Research Mentoring Initiative. In addition, she is a member of the Advisory Board for the Comparative and International Education Society.

Dennis has conducted a series of seminars for staff in the United States State Department through USA offices around the world and has conducted seminars on trends in international higher education in Germany, China, Taiwan, South Africa, Italy, Vietnam, and Korea.

Since the outbreak of COVID-19, Marguerite has conducted more than ten webinars on the impact of the virus on higher education and was a featured speaker on the subject for presentations for UNESCO and the Canadian Education Ministers Office.

A frequent contributor to University World News, Marguerite has written several articles on the reimagined university and the opportunities created by the pandemic for higher education.