Alan Guskin is currently Distinguished University Professor at Antioch University with responsibilities as Co-Director of the Project on the Future of Higher Education and a faculty member in Antioch's new and highly innovative Ph.D. Program in Leadership and Change. His activities with the Project involve collaboration with 14 of the leading thinkers and practitioners in higher education on the development of models for the future of undergraduate education that focus on the enhancement of student learning and the quality of faculty work-life in the context of limited financial resources.

Dr. Guskin's leadership positions in higher education include: serving simultaneously as President of Antioch University and Antioch College from 1985-1994 and, then, after a university reorganization, as Chancellor of the University from 1994-1997; being Chancellor, University of Wisconsin-Parkside (1975-1985), Acting President, Clark University in Worcester, Mass. (1973-1974), and Provost, Clark University (1971-1973).

In the past decade, Guskin has published many articles and chapters on the restructuring of colleges and universities, the change process and leadership in higher education, including two articles on restructuring in CHANGE magazine that have been widely cited. Guskin serves as a member of the Board of Directors of the American Association for Higher Education, a Trustee at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania and Westminster College in Utah, as well as being on a number of national advisory boards and committees.

In 2001 he received the Morris T. Keeton Award from the Council on Adult and Experiential Learning "for his long and noteworthy history in higher education as an administrator, teacher, writer, consultant, and speaker and his demonstrated commitment to student learning and innovation and change in higher education."