Business veteran studies ‘Global Education Race’
(10/01/10 8:00am)
Named a “Leader of Tomorrow” by Forbes.com and the founder of a company that Fortune Magazine lauded as one of the top 25 “coolest” companies in the world, Vivek Wadhwa is a well-respected veteran in the business world. Wadhwa now researches the “Global Education Race” phenomenon and is an executive in residence and director of research for the Center for Entrepreneurship and Research Commercialization at Duke and a senior research associate at Harvard Law School. Wadhwa studies America’s competitive advantages, especially entrepreneurship, skilled immigration and university research commercialization. The Chronicle’s Anne Yeung spoke with Wadhwa about his thoughts on the “Global Education Race.”