Dr. Bruce Kusch

Dr. Bruce C. Kusch became the 13th president of Ensign College on April 17, 2017. He previously served as the Chief Academic Officer from March 2016 until assuming his current role.

Dr. Kusch’s academic career began in August 2002, when he joined the Business Management Faculty at Brigham Young University-Idaho. While there, he also served as the Associate Academic Vice President for Curriculum and as Associate Dean for Online Programs.

Before joining the BYU-Idaho faculty, Dr. Kusch worked in the high technology industry in Silicon Valley, CA. He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Phoenix, an MBA from the Keller Graduate School of Management, and a PhD in instructional design from Idaho State University. Dr. Kusch’s research focused on creating social connectedness in online learning environments. In 2011 he earned Idaho State’s Kole-McGuffey Prize which recognizes the College of Education’s most outstanding dissertation based on research with the greatest potential for educational impact.

Dr. Kusch’s tenure as the president of Ensign College includes leading a complete institutional transformation that includes changes in methods of learning and teaching, general education reform, refocusing the institution on its core mission, the introduction of Bachelor of Applied Science degrees, entering into a strategic partnership resulting in significant online enrollment increases. In addition, along with its sister school, BYU-Idaho, Ensign College was the first in the nation to receive accreditor approval to offer 3-year bachelor’s degrees.