John Barnshaw

John Barnshaw is the president of Systematic Research Solutions, a data solutions and consulting organization designed to facilitate unit and institutional improvement for public, private, and non-profit institutions. Barnshaw also serves as the senior program officer and senior higher education researcher at the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), where he directs the Faculty Compensation Survey, the largest and most established independent study of faculty salary and benefits for two- and four-year institutions of higher education in the United States. Prior to joining the AAUP, Dr. Barnshaw directed the National Study of Instructional Costs and Productivity (Delaware Cost Study), a longitudinal benchmarking study that explores faculty teaching, separately budgeted research and public service, and cost at the discipline level for four-year institutions.

Dr. Barnshaw blends his wealth of experience in data alignment, statistical modeling, and research with his knowledge of higher education best (and worst) practices to facilitate unit and institutional improvement for those looking to use their extant resources as efficiently as possible.