Gregory Fowler

President Gregory W. Fowler, PhD, is a visionary leader in global higher education, committed to advancing educational access for adult learners. Now in his sixth year as president of University of Maryland Global Campus (UMGC), he has led a comprehensive transformation of the university ecosystem, from recruiting and support services to course design, space utilization, partnerships, institutional effectiveness, and more. By leveraging artificial intelligence and data science, he is creating an institution that thrives in volatile markets. Under his leadership, UMGC emerged from the global pandemic and entered a period of robust growth, serving 100,000 learners in a single year for the first time. This expansion led to the opening of new national and overseas locations. Persistence and success increased as well, with the university granting a record 16,108 credentials in FY 24 and 19,330 in FY 25. Previously, as a board member and commissioner of the New England Commission of Higher E