The New Fault Line in Graduate Enrollment

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

ED Rules, Harvard Case, Workforce Pell Launch

The Quad Weekly: New federal earnings accountability rules, a Harvard NIH lawsuit, SAVE repayment changes, and Workforce Pell reshape institutional strategy.

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.

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.

The Consolidation Cycle Is Beginning

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

University of Vermont: The Small-State Playbook for Research Ambition

Harvard Funding Fight Intensifies

The Quad Weekly: Harvard funding appeal, national AI research mission, AI entering admissions, and AI requirements move into degrees.

Why Moral Sermons Thrive When Institutions Fail

How “character talk” replaces accountability when incentives go untouched

Graduate Borrowing Caps Take Effect July 1. Here’s Where Revenue Risk Concentrates.

With Grad PLUS eliminated for new borrowers and federal caps replacing full cost financing, institutions must reassess which graduate programs remain viable under constrained borrowing.

Funding Cuts Hit Campuses, Research Models Evolve, and Virginia's Mainstream Public Universities Targeted on DEI Politics

The Quad - Week of 7/21

the international enrollment pipeline is breaking

How Higher Ed Leaders CAN Play Offense

Who pays when equity funds vanish?

The Quad this week: equity cuts, security threats, FAFSA risks, and fast-track skills

Lawsuits targeting in-state tuition for the undocumented, and mounting cyber breach $

The Quad: Mounting cyber breach $, FAFSA loan caps, and more

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