Scott Marshall
President & CEO at Semester At Sea / ISE
Scott Marshall is the President/Chief Executive Officer of the Institute for Shipboard Education (ISE), a nonprofit organization that administers the Semester at Sea study abroad program.
With an extensive career in education, specifically in international business, sustainability and social entrepreneurship, Scott has been fortunate enough to work, teach in and visit more than 80 countries.
Scott is an innovation driven executive leader with a deep commitment to organizational excellence, global engagement, financial stewardship and positive social impact.
His reach is over 170k, and he would be happy to let his network know to listen in!
- Education
- Leadership
- Travel
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Scott Marshall
President & CEO at Semester At Sea / ISE
Host of As Unexpected
- Education
- Leadership
- Travel
- đź“ŤFort Collins, CO
Scott Marshall is the host of the As Unexpected Podcast and President and CEO of the Institute for Shipboard Education, a 61-year-old nonprofit that directs Semester at Sea, the world’s leading comparative study abroad program.Â
Prior to joining Semester at Sea, Marshall was a Professor of Management, Vice Provost and Interim Dean in the College of Business at Portland State University. Scott’s life-long commitment to global education and travel was born out of a study abroad program in Japan as an undergraduate. Scott, his wife, and their two children sailed on the Spring 2017 voyage of Semester at Sea, after which he joined the organization as Vice President of Academic Affairs. He has served as President since January 2020.
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BOOK NOW FOR your podcast
Scott Marshall
President & CEO at Semester At Sea / ISE
Host of As Unexpected
- đź“ŤFort Collins, CO
- Education
- Leadership
- Travel
Scott Marshall is the host of the As Unexpected Podcast and President and CEO of the Institute for Shipboard Education, a 61-year-old nonprofit that directs Semester at Sea, the world’s leading comparative study abroad program.Â
Prior to joining Semester at Sea, Marshall was a Professor of Management, Vice Provost and Interim Dean in the College of Business at Portland State University. Scott’s life-long commitment to global education and travel was born out of a study abroad program in Japan as an undergraduate. Scott, his wife, and their two children sailed on the Spring 2017 voyage of Semester at Sea, after which he joined the organization as Vice President of Academic Affairs. He has served as President since January 2020.
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“Scott Marshall, president and CEO of Semester at Sea studied Japanese at a small private university in the 1980s and soon began what was to be the first of many study abroad experiences for him.
Recalling his time in Japan, he states, ‘Clearly, as study abroad can do, it suddenly takes one’s worldview from what’s down the street to what is in the world.
‘It broadens one’s lens. But it’s also that willingness to take a small risk,’ Marshall tells The PIE News.”
Timeline
Mar 2024 - Present
AS UNEXPECTED
Podcast Host
Jan 2020 - Present
Semester At Sea / ISE
President and CEO
Oct 2017 - Dec 2019
Semester at Sea / ISE
Vice President of Academic Affairs
Dec 2000 - Jun 2018
Portland State University
Various Positions
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| As an academic, Scott has taught international business, entrepreneurship and sustainability courses while building and leading international programs. Why are international experiences so personally and professionally important for students? |
| Semester at Sea is an audacious program. While a small nonprofit, it effectively operates on 3 continents and in 10 countries each fall and spring. On a tight budget and with such a demanding mission, how do you attract and retain a team of exceptionally talented people when they could, in many cases, make much more in adjacent roles in commercial businesses? |
| Faith in the value of a college experience has been falling for almost a decade. Why? And what do higher education and programs like Semester at Sea need to do to prove their worth? |
| Semester at Sea is a complex program that frequently confronts unexpected or unplanned changes to its voyages. You and your colleagues must always be prepared to change directions or plans. In fact, this is apparent in your podcast, As Unexpected. How do you, personally, maintain flexibility and resilience in such circumstances and how do you support the organization in always being prepared for the unexpected? |
