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The New Fault Line in Graduate Enrollment

Professional-degree classification now shapes which programs can finance students, hold yield, and protect net tuition.

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Jul 8, 2026

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the cattle ranch theory of higher education

Jun 16, 2026

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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

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.

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

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Enrollment, Marketing & Student Access

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

Jun 3, 2026

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9 min read

The July 1 Reset

Graduate lending changes are exposing a deeper question: do current pricing and revenue models still work?

congratulations to georgetown on its discovery

May 5, 2026

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congratulations to georgetown on its discovery

An entirely serious analysis of how America's most prolific content marketing slop factory discovered the 235-year-old university everyone has heard of

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Lifelong, Workforce & Alternative Credentials

You Can't Wear a Certificate

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

The Khan-TED-ETS Collaboration Going After Harvard Is Just Clickbait

The real competitive targets are WGU and Coursera. Here is what institutional leaders should actually watch.

Workforce Pell Is Live in 2026. Most Colleges Should Not Rush.

Why flat funding, approval risk, and hidden costs make waiting the smarter move for many institutions

Academic & Research Enterprise

The Same Metric Is Coming From Three Directions

Program evaluation is being redefined by earnings. State and federal agendas may look fragmented, but they are aligning around labor market outcomes.

Section 117 Is Not a Disclosure Problem

How a public transparency portal turned foreign funding disclosures into a system for identifying institutional outliers and triggering research security scrutiny.

the breakthroughs we'll never have

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

Institutional Strategy & Leadership

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

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.

When Does Platform Consolidation Go Too Far?

Why universities are reducing vendor sprawl and where leaders should be far more cautious.

Technology & Infrastructure

Chegg, Trust, and the New AI Divide

Why colleges are drawing harder lines between AI that supports learning and AI that substitutes for it

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.

Instructure Needs Your Renewal More Than You Think

The essential framework for negotiating your Canvas contract after a breach that has put KKR on defense, Congress on alert, and your institution in the strongest bargaining position in fifteen years

Higher Education Leadership Intelligence

The New Fault Line in Graduate Enrollment

Most Recent Content

the cattle ranch theory of higher education

Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part 1

the twenty five years

Learn More

Recommendations

Enrollment, Marketing & Student Access

the twenty five years

The July 1 Reset

congratulations to georgetown on its discovery

Lifelong, Workforce & Alternative Credentials

You Can't Wear a Certificate

The Khan-TED-ETS Collaboration Going After Harvard Is Just Clickbait

Workforce Pell Is Live in 2026. Most Colleges Should Not Rush.

Academic & Research Enterprise

The Same Metric Is Coming From Three Directions

Section 117 Is Not a Disclosure Problem

the breakthroughs we'll never have

Institutional Strategy & Leadership

the cattle ranch theory of higher education

Higher Ed’s Rulebook Is Being Rewritten, Part 1

When Does Platform Consolidation Go Too Far?

Technology & Infrastructure

Chegg, Trust, and the New AI Divide

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

Instructure Needs Your Renewal More Than You Think

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