John is a Senior Research Fellow and Research Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education at the Center for Studies in Higher Education at the University of California, Berkeley. His research focus is directed towards comparative international higher education and consultancy of issues related to institutional strategic planning, and access and academic program quality assurance. John is the editor of the Center’s Research and Occasional Paper Series (ROPS) and serves on the international advisory boards of several higher education institutes.

At THE NEW INSTITUTE John was involved the program "The Future of Democracy".