at Whittier College in 1962 and a Ph.D. in History at Yale University in 1966; His dissertation advisor was Edmund S. Morgan.
[1] Zemsky was named one of higher education's top 40 leaders by Change magazine in 1998.
[5][6][7] Internationally, Zemsky has worked as a consultant and leader on the formation of national goals and education policies for organizations and governments in Japan, Hungary, Zimbabwe, Egypt, Tunisia, India, Singapore, Vietnam, Australia, and Bahrain.
[1] Zemsky is the author of several books, including The Structure of College Choice (1982), Structure and Coherence, Measuring the Undergraduate Curriculum (1989), Higher Education as Competitive Enterprise: When Markets Matter (2001), Thwarted Innovation: What Happened to e-learning and Why with William Massy (2004), and Remaking the American University: Market Smart and Mission Centered with Gregory Wegner and William Massy (2005).
He suggests efforts should boost student performance in high school, focus on the science of active learning, push Congress to rethink financial aid, and update the rules governing university endowments.