About
Barry Burciul
Vice President and Director of Research
Barry Burciul is Vice President and Director of Research at Higher Education Strategy Associates. He has an extensive background in evaluation and research on higher education programs in North America, Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Latin America. At HESA, Barry’s work has focused on program evaluation and the development of training programs for Ministries of Education through UNESCO. As Senior Manager for Learning & Strategy at The MasterCard Foundation, he designed and managed learning activities for the $1 Billion youth education grants portfolio to promote real-time program quality improvement across a network of over 20 universities and NGOs. In that role, he also piloted the use of Indigenous evaluation methods in a scholarship program for Indigenous youth in Canada. Barry holds an M.A. from Dalhousie University and a B.A. from McMaster University.
