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Federal Scrutiny Is Rewriting the Admissions Tech Roadmap

Federal Scrutiny Is Rewriting the Admissions Tech Roadmap

Auditability, data lineage, and decision traceability are moving to the centre of product strategy

Jul 29, 2026

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CS Cooling Is Creating a New Vendor Risk Map

Aug 19, 2026

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CS Cooling Is Creating a New Vendor Risk Map

Enrollment shifts across computer science, health, engineering, and data programs are changing how vendors should read institutional demand.

Campus Technology and Research Spending Take Center Stage

Aug 17, 2026

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Campus Technology and Research Spending Take Center Stage

The Ecosystem Weekly: South Dakota advances an AI modernization plan, NSF launches new life sciences funding, CS enrollment cools, and McMahon's voluntary pledge keeps planning in focus.

Why Nonbinding Reform Appeals Can Still Move Higher Ed Buying

Aug 12, 2026

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Why Nonbinding Reform Appeals Can Still Move Higher Ed Buying

A nonbinding federal appeal can still alter procurement when board approved public claims require traceable proof across academic, research, finance, and communications records

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Aug 17, 2026

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Campus Technology and Research Spending Take Center Stage

The Ecosystem Weekly: South Dakota advances an AI modernization plan, NSF launches new life sciences funding, CS enrollment cools, and McMahon's voluntary pledge keeps planning in focus.

Aug 10, 2026

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Canvas Raises the Stakes as FAFSA Returns to Normal

The Ecosystem Weekly: Aid processing stabilizes while NSF launches regional AI hubs, Instructure lowers LMS switching costs, and the Education Department asks colleges to publish governance commitments.

Aug 3, 2026

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Tuition Pressure, Federal Oversight, and AI Investment

The Ecosystem Weekly: NSF launches a $380M AI lab network, Blackbaud expands campus AI, and DOJ intensifies admissions scrutiny.


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CS Cooling Is Creating a New Vendor Risk Map

Aug 19, 2026

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4 min read

CS Cooling Is Creating a New Vendor Risk Map

Enrollment shifts across computer science, health, engineering, and data programs are changing how vendors should read institutional demand.

Federal Scrutiny Is Rewriting the Admissions Tech Roadmap

Jul 29, 2026

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7 min read

Federal Scrutiny Is Rewriting the Admissions Tech Roadmap

Auditability, data lineage, and decision traceability are moving to the centre of product strategy

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


Policy and Regulation View All

Why Nonbinding Reform Appeals Can Still Move Higher Ed Buying

Aug 12, 2026

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7 min read

Why Nonbinding Reform Appeals Can Still Move Higher Ed Buying

A nonbinding federal appeal can still alter procurement when board approved public claims require traceable proof across academic, research, finance, and communications records

When Settlement Clauses Become Product Requirements

Aug 5, 2026

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9 min read

When Settlement Clauses Become Product Requirements

Federal agreements are creating repeatable demand for data controls, evidence management, training records, monitoring tools, and board-level reporting.

Barnes & Noble College is not the vendor it was three years ago

Jul 28, 2026

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3 min read

Barnes & Noble College is not the vendor it was three years ago

BNED posted its strongest results in years. Your procurement posture has not caught up


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The Vendor Race to Stop Ghost Students

Jul 22, 2026

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The Vendor Race to Stop Ghost Students

Stricter student aid controls are creating demand for identity, analytics, payments, and workflow platforms that can operate as one system.

the familiarity moat

Jul 1, 2025

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8 min read

the familiarity moat

Blackboard defined the LMS category. Can it survive what it helped create?

the AI detection trap

May 28, 2025

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7 min read

the AI detection trap

False positives. False negatives. Fighting AI cheating on homework is a fool's errand.


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ETS Bought ACT. The Asset That Matters Is the One They Didn't Name.

Jul 28, 2026

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ETS Bought ACT. The Asset That Matters Is the One They Didn't Name.

Encoura came attached to the deal. For enrollment and admissions vendors, that is the part to read closely.

Who Owns the Ph.D. Capacity Decision?

Jul 14, 2026

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Who Owns the Ph.D. Capacity Decision?

As research universities cut doctoral intake, a new buying category is emerging across grants management, enterprise planning, graduate enrollment, and research finance.

the breakthroughs we'll never have

Aug 25, 2025

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6 min read

the breakthroughs we'll never have

Foreign students don't only “fill seats” - they fuel America’s labs, patents, and next-gen companies

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