Robert Franek oversees The Princeton Review's Content Development Team. As the company’s chief expert on higher education issues, he directs The Princeton Review annual surveys of college, business school, and law school students upon which the well-known Princeton Review rankings are based.

As lead author of the company's annual "Best Colleges" guide, he visits more than 50 colleges a year and has been a lecturer and panelist on college admissions for audiences of educators, parents and students. Robert has been sourced on college, graduate school, and career topics by a wide range of media from Time to The Chronicle of Higher Education and from USA TODAY to the Wall Street Journal. He has appeared on ABC's "Good Morning America," CBS's "The Early Show," and NBC's "Today" as well as several CNN and FOX programs, National Public Radio and network radio shows.

Prior to joining The Princeton Review in 1999, Robert served as a college admissions officer at Wagner College in Staten Island, NY for six years. He earned his B.A. at Drew University in Political Science and History. An avid history buff, he conducts historical walking tours of New York City for Sweet City Tours, a company he founded. He lives in Manhattan.

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