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Federal Report Flags College Price Increases

The Ecosystem: New affordability data puts college pricing under scrutiny, Workforce Pell guidance advances, and UVM outlines its enterprise AI strategy.

Oct 19, 2026

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Oct 19, 2026

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Federal Report Flags College Price Increases

The Ecosystem: New affordability data puts college pricing under scrutiny, Workforce Pell guidance advances, and UVM outlines its enterprise AI strategy.

Why LMS Market Access Is Moving Upstream

Oct 14, 2026

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5 min read

Why LMS Market Access Is Moving Upstream

Vendor access can narrow at the procurement layer before instructional buyers ever make a platform choice.

Federal Reporting Deadline Puts Colleges on Notice

Oct 12, 2026

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Federal Reporting Deadline Puts Colleges on Notice

The Ecosystem: More than 1,000 institutions miss a federal reporting deadline, UT System seeks LMS suppliers, and DOE selects researchers for $96 million in potential funding.

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Oct 19, 2026

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5 min read

Federal Report Flags College Price Increases

The Ecosystem: New affordability data puts college pricing under scrutiny, Workforce Pell guidance advances, and UVM outlines its enterprise AI strategy.

Oct 12, 2026

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6 min read

Federal Reporting Deadline Puts Colleges on Notice

The Ecosystem: More than 1,000 institutions miss a federal reporting deadline, UT System seeks LMS suppliers, and DOE selects researchers for $96 million in potential funding.

Oct 5, 2026

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6 min read

FAFSA opened on time. Aid offices still cannot trust forecasts

The Ecosystem: Faster submissions raise expectations while data quality and policy volatility keep enrollment models fragile.

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Loan Caps Are Rewriting the Student Financing Workflow

Sep 30, 2026

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Loan Caps Are Rewriting the Student Financing Workflow

Federal limits on PLUS borrowing are changing the assumptions behind higher education affordability, creating new pressure points across financial aid, billing, enrollment, advising, and student finance technology.

Sep 16, 2026

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6 min read

When a $55M Gift Becomes a Capital Risk

Large pledges are gaining operational force inside institutions before they've fully passed finance, legal, naming, and liquidity tests.

The Visa Lawsuit Reorders International Enrollment Spend

Aug 26, 2026

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The Visa Lawsuit Reorders International Enrollment Spend

Legal uncertainty is moving budget attention from recruitment expansion toward operational control over admitted and enrolled students.

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Title IX Recodification Turns Configuration Drift Into Conduct Vendor Renewal Risk

Oct 7, 2026

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Title IX Recodification Turns Configuration Drift Into Conduct Vendor Renewal Risk

The legal baseline has returned to 2020, but institutions now need proof that workflows, records, permissions, and evidence handling returned with it.

The Seal: What's Left When the Mandate Goes

Sep 24, 2026

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7 min read

The Seal: What's Left When the Mandate Goes

For fifty-seven years, a private association decided what could appear in an American comic book. What happened when that ended is happening now to the bodies that accredit professions such as law.

Private Colleges Face a Race Data Architecture Test

Sep 9, 2026

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Private Colleges Face a Race Data Architecture Test

Reporting demands are preserving race data while tax exposure narrows where private college systems can use it.

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Oct 14, 2026

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5 min read

Why LMS Market Access Is Moving Upstream

Vendor access can narrow at the procurement layer before instructional buyers ever make a platform choice.

Transfer Credit Rules Could Create a New Higher Ed Workflow Market

Sep 2, 2026

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4 min read

Transfer Credit Rules Could Create a New Higher Ed Workflow Market

A proposed accreditation rule would turn transfer-credit denials into documented, appealable decisions, increasing demand for systems that connect registrar workflows, curriculum data, student records, and compliance reporting.

Jul 22, 2026

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6 min read

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.

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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.

Jul 14, 2026

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9 min read

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.

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

Higher Education Executive IntelligenceFor strategy, product, and GTM leaders selling into colleges and universities

Federal Report Flags College Price Increases

Most Recent Content View All

Federal Report Flags College Price Increases

Why LMS Market Access Is Moving Upstream

Federal Reporting Deadline Puts Colleges on Notice

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Weekly Briefs View All

Federal Report Flags College Price Increases

Federal Reporting Deadline Puts Colleges on Notice

FAFSA opened on time. Aid offices still cannot trust forecasts

Enrollment and Revenue View All

Loan Caps Are Rewriting the Student Financing Workflow

When a $55M Gift Becomes a Capital Risk

The Visa Lawsuit Reorders International Enrollment Spend

Policy and Regulation View All

Title IX Recodification Turns Configuration Drift Into Conduct Vendor Renewal Risk

The Seal: What's Left When the Mandate Goes

Private Colleges Face a Race Data Architecture Test

Tech and Infrastructure View All

Why LMS Market Access Is Moving Upstream

Transfer Credit Rules Could Create a New Higher Ed Workflow Market

The Vendor Race to Stop Ghost Students

Research and Partnerships View All

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

Who Owns the Ph.D. Capacity Decision?

The Breakthroughs We'll Never Have

Education Executive Intelligence By The Intelligence Council

Higher Education Executive Intelligence

For strategy, product, and GTM leaders selling into colleges and universities

Education Executive Intelligence
By The Intelligence Council