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Adil Husain

higher-ed-leaders

ETS Bought ACT. The Testing Comeback Is Real at the Top and Absent in the Middle.

Jul 1, 2026

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6 min read

ETS Bought ACT. The Testing Comeback Is Real at the Top and Absent in the Middle.

Eight Ivies reinstated. Ninety percent of colleges did not. Set your admissions policy on your own data, not the headlines.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Institutional Strategy & Leadership

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the cattle ranch theory of higher education

Jun 16, 2026

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3 min read

the cattle ranch theory of higher education

The New York Times Opinion section has a recurring prescription for higher education's soul crisis. It involves 26 students and a boondoggle to a cattle ranch in the California desert

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Enrollment, Marketing & Student Access

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the twenty five years

Jun 10, 2026

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5 min read

the twenty five years

A residential college gives you the conditions. The rest is on you.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Premium Intelligence Briefs

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Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their higher ed customers did.

May 19, 2026

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7 min read

Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their higher ed customers did.

Five targeted intelligence briefs, simultaneously published across all sides of the post-breach LMS market. Here is everything we said.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Higher Education Executives

Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their higher ed competitors and customers did.

May 19, 2026

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7 min read

Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their higher ed competitors and customers did.

Five targeted intelligence briefs, simultaneously published across all sides of the post-breach LMS market. Here is everything we said.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

K12 Leaders

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Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their K-12 customers did.

May 19, 2026

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7 min read

Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their K-12 customers did.

Five targeted intelligence briefs, simultaneously published across all sides of the post-breach LMS market. Here is everything we said.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

K-12 Executives

Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their K-12 competitors and customers did.

May 19, 2026

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7 min read

Instructure read it and didn't respond. Their K-12 competitors and customers did.

Five targeted intelligence briefs, simultaneously published across all sides of the post-breach LMS market. Here is everything we said.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Enrollment & Revenue

You Can't Wear a Certificate

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

You Can't Wear a Certificate

On the AP x Swatch Collab, Coursera, and the Business of Borrowed Prestige

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Lifelong, Workforce & Alternative Credentials

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You Can't Wear a Certificate

May 12, 2026

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6 min read

You Can't Wear a Certificate

On the AP x Swatch Collab, Coursera, and the Business of Borrowed Prestige

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Adoption & Usage

Did the viral neuroscientist video blame the wrong culprit?

Apr 23, 2026

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1 min read

Did the viral neuroscientist video blame the wrong culprit?

Classroom technology is on trial. The charges are circumstantial.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Policy & Politics

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Did the viral neuroscientist video blame the wrong culprit?

Apr 23, 2026

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1 min read

Did the viral neuroscientist video blame the wrong culprit?

Classroom technology is on trial. The charges are circumstantial.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Workforce Training Executives

Same Inputs. Different Conclusions. We Were Right.

Apr 10, 2026

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4 min read

Same Inputs. Different Conclusions. We Were Right.

Earlier this year we published contrarian theses on two publicly traded companies in the education and learning space. One is up 40%. One is down 50%. We called it correctly. Here is how we did it.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Deep Dives

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Same Inputs. Different Conclusions. We Were Right.

Apr 10, 2026

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5 min read

Same Inputs. Different Conclusions. We Were Right.

Inside our contrarian thesis on Skillsoft and how we called it correctly.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Deep Dives

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Same Inputs. Different Conclusions. We Were Right.

Apr 10, 2026

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5 min read

Same Inputs. Different Conclusions. We Were Right.

Inside our contrarian thesis on Stride and how we called it correctly.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

K-12 Executives

Frontline Education is Not a Melting Ice Cube
LockSimple

Feb 18, 2026

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8 min read

Frontline Education is Not a Melting Ice Cube

Regulatory complexity and channel control reshape how competitive risk should be evaluated.

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Enrollment, Marketing & Student Access

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Why Moral Sermons Thrive When Institutions Fail

Feb 3, 2026

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5 min read

Why Moral Sermons Thrive When Institutions Fail

How “character talk” replaces accountability when incentives go untouched

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Higher Education Executives

Coursera is scaling but is structurally fragile

Dec 12, 2025

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10 min read

Coursera is scaling but is structurally fragile

Enterprise retention, partner economics, AI scale, and the cracks forming underneath

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Learning & Development Executive Intelligence

the quiet decline of accreditation

Nov 25, 2025

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5 min read

the quiet decline of accreditation

Higher Ed’s Gatekeeping System Is Being Tested, and What Comes Next

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Lifelong, Workforce & Alternative Credentials

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the real currency of credentialing

Nov 18, 2025

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6 min read

the real currency of credentialing

Success in credentials and assessments doesn't hinge on quality — and that blind spot is where most providers fail

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Lifelong, Workforce & Alternative Credentials

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the quiet credential takeover

Nov 13, 2025

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6 min read

the quiet credential takeover

Why Traditional Universities Are Rushing to Monetize Skills

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Deep Dives

the real currency of credentialing

Nov 12, 2025

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6 min read

the real currency of credentialing

Success in credentials and assessments doesn't hinge on quality — and that blind spot is where most providers fail

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Learning & Development Executive Intelligence

the real currency of credentialing

Nov 12, 2025

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7 min read

the real currency of credentialing

Success in credentials and assessments doesn't hinge on quality — and that blind spot is where most providers fail

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Workforce Training Executives

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the real currency of credentialing

Nov 12, 2025

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7 min read

the real currency of credentialing

Success in credentials and assessments doesn't hinge on quality — and that blind spot is where most providers fail

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Policy & Politics

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the problem with "fit"

Sep 24, 2025

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6 min read

the problem with "fit"

The narrative shortchanges ambitious college-bound students and their parents

Adil Husain
Adil Husain

Enrollment, Marketing & Student Access

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OPT, not H1-B, is the real talent bridge

Sep 22, 2025

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8 min read

OPT, not H1-B, is the real talent bridge

If OPT is axed, implications for universities, students, and U.S. STEM employers

Adil Husain
Adil Husain
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