Edward J. Harcourt Edward John Harcourt is a Senior Vice President & Managing Director at Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Ltd., a higher education services company serving over 1400 universities worldwid...view moreEdward J. Harcourt Edward John Harcourt is a Senior Vice President & Managing Director at Quacquarelli Symonds (QS) Ltd., a higher education services company serving over 1400 universities worldwide. Previously, he was Pro-Vice-Chancellor at John Moores University in Liverpool, England. He gained a PhD in American history from Vanderbilt University and has previously published essays on the American Civil War in the Journal of Social History, Southern Cultures and Civil War History.view less