LUKAS WENRICK, M.ED.
Director of Research
Lukas Wenrick spends his days working to develop innovative solutions to the most complex issues colleges universities face. Lukas first became interested in higher education mergers as a graduate student where he began exploring the impact that mergers had on the personnel involved. He worked with then President David Chard of Wheelock College to write a case study on their successful merger with Boston University. His work was published through the Harvard Education Publishing Group in 2018.
In addition to his work with HCS, Lukas leads a team of innovators at Arizona State University who incubate and advance “discovery-stage” solutions for the university. The team serves as a catalyst for creativity and innovation, enabling the Learning Enterprise at ASU to explore and develop cutting-edge educational initiatives and programs. He has successfully led numerous multi-million dollar projects and has scaled his programs to hundreds of thousands of learners.
Lukas is finalizing a doctorate in Leadership and Innovation from the Mary Lou Fulton College for Teaching and Learning Innovation at Arizona State University. He holds a Master's of Education in Higher Education from the Harvard Graduate School of Education, a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science Education from Wright State University, and a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Analytics in Higher Education from Arizona State University. His experiences at an open-access public university, a national service university, and an elite private institution inform the work he does each day.