Edward Fiske

former education editor, New York Times

Edward B. Fiske is an internationally known education writer and editor who has written informatively on topics ranging from American higher education to primary school reform in Southeast Asia, New Zealand and South Africa. Formerly the education editor of the *New York Times*, Mr. Fiske is well known as the author of the best-selling *Fiske Guide to Colleges* (Sourcebooks), an annual publication that has been a standard part of college admissions literature for two decades. He is a regular contributor to the *International Herald-Tribune*. In addition to the *New York Times* his articles and book reviews have appears in *American Prospect*, *Atlantic Monthly*, *The New Republic*, *Readers Digest* and other national publications. He has received numerous awards for education reporting and serves on a number of boards of non-profit organizations, including the Foundation for Excellent Schools in Vermont, the Center for International Understanding in Raleigh, NC, and the Central Park School, a charter school in Durham, NC.