Wesley Whistle聽is the project director for聽student聽success and affordability聽in the Higher Education initiative at 欧博体育投注.聽He works to advance 欧博体育投注's strategy on student聽success and affordability, including researching聽and advocating for policies and evidence-based policies to improve student聽outcomes, strengthen accountability, and lower the cost of college.
Prior to rejoining 欧博体育投注, Whistle was a policy advisor in the Office of the Under Secretary at the U.S. Department of Education, where he worked on regulations, enforcement actions, budget proposals, and more covering a range of higher education issues. He previously served as the education advisor to U.S. Senator Bob Casey. Before moving to DC, Whistle was a higher education administrator at colleges and universities in Kentucky, working on accreditation, federal and state reporting, and assessment.聽
Whistle earned his master鈥檚 degree in public administration, with a concentration in education policy, from the University of Kentucky and his bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science from Kentucky Wesleyan College. He is currently a PhD candidate in higher education at the University of Kentucky. His experience as a Pell Grant recipient and first-generation college graduate informs his work every day.