Aug 12, 2026
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6 min read
The new federal request is less powerful as a mandate than as a way to make institutional promises durable, searchable, and usable by outsiders.
Aug 5, 2026
8 min read
Voluntary compliance now carries political costs from Washington, state capitals, faculty bodies, and alumni networks at once.
Jul 1, 2026
Eight Ivies reinstated. Ninety percent of colleges did not. Set your admissions policy on your own data, not the headlines.
Jun 26, 2026
Federal regulators are signaling easier mergers, credit markets are warning of institutional stress, and enrollment is entering structural decline.
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.
Jun 16, 2026
3 min read
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
Jun 10, 2026
How federal contracts, civil-rights enforcement, and accreditation are turning policy risk into an operating constraint for colleges and universities.
May 20, 2026
5 min read
Why universities are reducing vendor sprawl and where leaders should be far more cautious.
Apr 28, 2026
PR-Driven "Trust" Reforms are a Distraction that Tuition-Dependent Universities Cannot Afford
Apr 22, 2026
4 min read
Grad Plus is gone, international enrollment is down 30 percent, and most cabinets are finalizing budgets using the same assumptions they used five years ago.
Apr 1, 2026
A reinterpretation of federal recognition rules could shorten the accreditor entry pathway from roughly five years to closer to three, raising the possibility of a more competitive oversight landscape
Mar 25, 2026
Jan 28, 2026
Here is how boards are judging campus acquisition deals now, the risks that surface after approval, and the tests leaders should apply before committing capital, governance, and credibility.
Jan 21, 2026
What the Vanderbilt–CCA deal reveals about how higher-ed consolidation is actually unfolding, and why many leadership teams are misreading the risk
Jan 14, 2026
Why program economics are being rewritten before final rules, and why waiting hands control to definitions, cohorts, and finance models.
Jan 7, 2026
Rating pressure and higher borrowing costs are reshaping what boards will approve in 2026
Dec 29, 2025
9 min read
Boards rarely announce declining confidence. They change how they govern.
Dec 18, 2025
2 min read
Accreditation volatility, platform consolidation, and institutional control
Dec 14, 2025
What presidents are quietly deciding about preparedness, authority, and prevention
Oct 2, 2025
How to Approach the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
May 22, 2025
A Survival Playbook for Universities Under Attack
