Higher Education Executive Intelligence

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Syracuse Misses, OBBBA Hits, Google Embeds AI

Jun 26, 2026

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7 min read

Syracuse Misses, OBBBA Hits, Google Embeds AI

The Ecosystem Weekly: Syracuse’s enrollment shortfall, July 1 aid-rule disruption, UIC’s Google AI accelerator, and NSF’s SBIR/STTR restart reshape vendor priorities.

Jun 15, 2026

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7 min read

Oracle and NIH Test Old Assumptions

The Ecosystem Weekly: International enrollment weakens, NIH tests grant concentration limits, federal research rules face a review, and a PeopleSoft flaw exposes risks in higher ed's tech backbone

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Harvard, Florida, and NSF Change the Buying Process

Jun 8, 2026

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5 min read

Harvard, Florida, and NSF Change the Buying Process

The Ecosystem Weekly: Harvard centralizes administration, Florida expands state control over curricula, AI governance enters procurement reviews, KBR becomes an $8B research intermediary

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Higher Ed's Summer Stress Test Has Begun

Jun 1, 2026

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6 min read

Higher Ed's Summer Stress Test Has Begun

The Ecosystem Weekly: Record FAFSA completion, unresolved graduate loan rules, a $39 million AI renewal at CSU, and emerging federal research funding uncertainty

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Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part II

Jun 24, 2026

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7 min read

Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part II

What changing grant rules, student aid policy, and program economics could mean for research strategy, graduate education, and institutional planning.

Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part 1

Jun 10, 2026

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8 min read

Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part 1

How federal contracts, civil-rights enforcement, and accreditation are turning policy risk into an operating constraint for colleges and universities.

Blackboard’s July Conference Carries Higher Stakes Than It Appears

Jun 3, 2026

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6 min read

Blackboard’s July Conference Carries Higher Stakes Than It Appears

Behind the AI messaging is a much bigger battle over customer retention, market trust, and institutional migration decisions.

May 27, 2026

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7 min read

Chegg Was the Warning

As higher education tightens scrutiny around AI, vendors face a harder question: what makes a product institutionally defensible?

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May 13, 2026

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15 min read

Canvas: The Contestability Window

Canvas has been breached twice by the same actor in eight months. The market is open. Here is how long it stays that way, the only move worth making, and where to point the spear.

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Why Pearson Keeps Winning After Competitors “Win” the Pilot

Jan 13, 2026

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2 min read

Why Pearson Keeps Winning After Competitors “Win” the Pilot

What actually governs renewals inside institutions, and why product comparisons keep leading challengers astray

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[Intelligence Brief] Why Pearson Is Harder to Displace Than It Looks

Jan 9, 2026

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1 min read

[Intelligence Brief] Why Pearson Is Harder to Displace Than It Looks

A structural look at renewal authority, risk ownership, and why pilots rarely turn into exits

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Higher Education Executive Intelligence

Weekly Intelligence

Syracuse Misses, OBBBA Hits, Google Embeds AI

Oracle and NIH Test Old Assumptions

Harvard, Florida, and NSF Change the Buying Process

Higher Ed's Summer Stress Test Has Begun

Learn More

Recommendations

Deep Dives

Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part II

Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part 1

Blackboard’s July Conference Carries Higher Stakes Than It Appears

Chegg Was the Warning

Premium Assets

Canvas: The Contestability Window

Why Pearson Keeps Winning After Competitors “Win” the Pilot

[Intelligence Brief] Why Pearson Is Harder to Displace Than It Looks

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