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For presidents, provosts, and CIOs steering higher ed through enrollment, funding, and tech shifts

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Your BNED contract has more leverage in it than you think

Switching costs, commission terms, and a regulatory change that could hit participation rates directly.

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Jul 2, 2026

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Yale settlement talks, new student visa limits, and NSF's Ph.D. overhaul

Aug 3, 2026

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Yale settlement talks, new student visa limits, and NSF's Ph.D. overhaul

The Quad Weekly: Yale's DOJ negotiations, new doctoral funding, student visa changes, federal reporting rules, and expanded workforce credential funding

Medical Pipeline Strategy Meets Federal Admissions Scrutiny

Jul 29, 2026

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7 min read

Medical Pipeline Strategy Meets Federal Admissions Scrutiny

Federal investigators are converting local selection practices into evidence about institutional control

OCR targets medical school admissions, White House reshapes research

Jul 27, 2026

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8 min read

OCR targets medical school admissions, White House reshapes research

The Quad Weekly: Title VI investigations, Workforce Pell implementation, 90-credit bachelor's degrees, and new AI survey results reshape the week's agenda.

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Aug 3, 2026

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Yale settlement talks, new student visa limits, and NSF's Ph.D. overhaul

The Quad Weekly: Yale's DOJ negotiations, new doctoral funding, student visa changes, federal reporting rules, and expanded workforce credential funding

Jul 27, 2026

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8 min read

OCR targets medical school admissions, White House reshapes research

The Quad Weekly: Title VI investigations, Workforce Pell implementation, 90-credit bachelor's degrees, and new AI survey results reshape the week's agenda.

Jul 20, 2026

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7 min read

Research Rules, Public Trust, and AI Infrastructure

The Quad Weekly: New grant rules, stronger fraud controls, declining public confidence, and workforce partnerships redefine institutional priorities.

Institutional Strategy & Leadership

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.

Jun 26, 2026

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8 min read

The Consolidation Cycle Is Beginning

Federal regulators are signaling easier mergers, credit markets are warning of institutional stress, and enrollment is entering structural decline.

ED Still Holds the Authority. DOJ May Shape the Record.

Jun 26, 2026

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6 min read

ED Still Holds the Authority. DOJ May Shape the Record.

The June 2026 restructuring does not erase ED’s legal role, but it changes how colleges may experience investigations, privacy reviews, and civil-rights enforcement.

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How Much Research Capacity Can Universities Afford to Cut?

Jul 15, 2026

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7 min read

How Much Research Capacity Can Universities Afford to Cut?

Ph.D. admissions are falling across leading research institutions, forcing university leaders to decide which laboratories, teaching systems, and talent pipelines they can still afford to preserve.

The Same Metric Is Coming From Three Directions

Mar 18, 2026

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5 min read

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.

Mar 4, 2026

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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.

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Jul 29, 2026

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7 min read

Medical Pipeline Strategy Meets Federal Admissions Scrutiny

Federal investigators are converting local selection practices into evidence about institutional control

The Ghost Student Problem Has Outgrown Financial Aid

Jul 22, 2026

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5 min read

The Ghost Student Problem Has Outgrown Financial Aid

Organized fraud now moves through the full student lifecycle, forcing institutions to rethink enrollment integrity and executive oversight.

The New Fault Line in Graduate Enrollment

Jul 8, 2026

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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.

Technology & Infrastructure

May 27, 2026

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8 min read

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.

May 19, 2026

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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

May 13, 2026

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21 min read

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

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

Jun 25, 2026

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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

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

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

Apr 17, 2026

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4 min read

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.

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Your BNED contract has more leverage in it than you think

Most Recent Content View All

Yale settlement talks, new student visa limits, and NSF's Ph.D. overhaul

Medical Pipeline Strategy Meets Federal Admissions Scrutiny

OCR targets medical school admissions, White House reshapes research

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Weekly Briefs View All

Yale settlement talks, new student visa limits, and NSF's Ph.D. overhaul

OCR targets medical school admissions, White House reshapes research

Research Rules, Public Trust, and AI Infrastructure

Institutional Strategy & Leadership View All

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

The Consolidation Cycle Is Beginning

ED Still Holds the Authority. DOJ May Shape the Record.

Academic & Research Enterprise View All

How Much Research Capacity Can Universities Afford to Cut?

The Same Metric Is Coming From Three Directions

Section 117 Is Not a Disclosure Problem

Enrollment, Marketing & Student Access View All

Medical Pipeline Strategy Meets Federal Admissions Scrutiny

The Ghost Student Problem Has Outgrown Financial Aid

The New Fault Line in Graduate Enrollment

Technology & Infrastructure View All

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

Lifelong, Workforce & Alternative Credentials View All

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

You Can't Wear a Certificate

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

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