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Here are 3 important steps toward economic equilibrium

David Crawford -
Economic equilibrium is a sustainable state in which revenues support the academic mission while preserving the capacity to respond to challenges and pursue opportunities.
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Workforce readiness starts with how campuses communicate

Janina Moza -
What tends to go unexamined is how campuses themselves communicate day to day, and what that teaches students about how information is supposed to move.
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New earnings rules threaten schools that take a wait-and-see approach

Corey Robinson -
Schools that fail to look at the reality of their students’ earning potential face an existential risk.
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Why higher ed has to embrace and embed AI now

John Woods and Jay Titus -
We must lean into AI use while teaching students to engage with it ethically and purposefully. That means being specific about what’s acceptable.
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Career readiness is now about closing the skills gap

Ashley Bigda -
We should treat career readiness the same way we address degree completion; with the same precision, sequence, and accountability as the curriculum itself.
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How to redesign campus wellness for nontraditional students

JB Robinson and Ritika Bhawal, National University -
Ever wonder why institutions that serve working adults—even the ones that are mostly online—still have clubs, organizations, mascots, and graduation walks?
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Navigating the endowment squeeze with AI and better data

Reinhard Landes -
Never in recent memory have colleges, universities and their endowments been under more scrutiny—and more pressure to perform.
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What I wish I had known as a vice president of enrollment

Kashina Cusson -
Enrollment data told me what was happening. I wish I had spent more time understanding the conversations behind those numbers.
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How to prepare college athletes to treat NIL like a business

Courtney Davis, Andrew Allen and Chris Jamail -
Managing NIL income requires a level of financial sophistication most student-athletes haven't yet developed.
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How to build summer partnerships that generate revenue and advance careers

Frank Steslow -
The best partnerships are more than facility rentals. They are strategic collaborations that advance the missions of both organizations.
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American higher education is a mosaic, not a monolith

Justin Schwartz -
Self-examination is essential. But the premise of a single, unified higher education system in need of homogeneous reform is fundamentally flawed because no such monolith exists.
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Workforce Pell is promising, but we still need to fix what’s broken

Bill Nance -
The issue is not that Americans lack interest in pursuing high-demand careers, it's that the systems designed to connect workers, training and jobs don't work together.
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Can AI find course barriers before students do?

David Perkinson -
Every university improves courses after students encounter challenges. Faculty review student feedback, analyze performance and revise learning experiences after barriers become apparent. But what if...
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Transformation in higher education is an operations challenge first

Matt Gilchrist -
Colleges and universities are proving that constraints can sharpen innovation when leaders focus on service experience, workflow discipline, and smarter decisions.
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What state systems need now from higher education

Ashley Crocker -
State governments are raising the stakes on higher education, and the metrics they care about have shifted.
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College now has a reading problem. Here’s a fix.

Michael Hale -
Students are arriving on campus less prepared for college-level reading than in previous generations—a trend that has only accelerated with the rise of AI.
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Ghost students: Why one-time identity verification is not enough

Mouhamad Mbacke -
Ghost students are viewed primarily as a financial aid problem. In reality, it is an institutional cybersecurity challenge that begins during enrollment and affects every system that depends on digital identity.
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Don’t ban AI use in college essays. Change the prompt instead.

Arush Chandna -
For years, the college essay prompts have asked for a far too familiar story: a challenge you overcame, a person who shaped you, a belief you challenged and so on.
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AI won’t replace the liberal arts. It may renew them.

Michael Brach -
The liberal arts have never been about accumulating isolated bodies of knowledge. They have been about helping students recognize relationships among ideas.
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How to remove barriers that can derail adult learners

Dr. Lisa R. Braverman -
Adult learners approach college as they would any other major investment—a home, car or other significant assets.
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What these proposed grant rules mean for your next proposal

Raymond Jones -
Administrators can no longer rely on standard scientific benchmarks to receive critical higher education research funding. Here is what will change on the university grant writer's desk.
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Emergency preparedness: How colleges and K12 can work together

Wes Brooks -
Lessons from a joint campus and K12 school district emergency drill show how a college can serve as a reunification site.
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Finding the courage to right-size your college campus

Pete Zuraw -
For generations, the college campus playbook was simple: grow enrollment, expand programs and build more space. Today, many institutions are facing a very different reality.
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How to design for deeper belonging on campus

Travis T. Apgar -
If higher education leaders want to strengthen peer relationships, retention and persistence, we need to actively lower the social risks of student engagement.
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‘The Trust Agenda’ sets the mission. Art schools have the methods.

Cecilia M. McCormick -
Many believe that what art and design schools teach is peripheral. But the serious business of today’s economy has now circled back to these institutions.
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Why presidents leave when institutions won’t sustain change

Ashley Northington -
Presidential turnover is often viewed as a leadership problem when, in many cases, it reflects an institutional governance problem.
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AI paradox: Students embrace it, but not in your outreach

Bart Caylor -
Here is the uncomfortable truth about AI in admissions outreach: the technology is not the problem. The way many institutions are deploying it is.
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How to stop agentic AI from eroding human agency

Glenn Richey -
Agentic AI may help us reach answers faster. But the future will depend on whether we still know how to earn them.
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A new accreditation rule is coming. Let’s build on progress.

Jamienne S. Studley -
Those who lead, love, and want to improve higher education must advocate boldly.
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Higher ground: How to recruit a vice president of advancement

Greg Duyck and Mercedes Chacón Vance -
A strong vice president of advancement is an imperative, with budgets tight and an extremely competitive funding landscape.
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College tuition waiver opens doors for hundreds of Oregon students who experienced homelessness

OregonLive.com -
Oregon’s Youth Experiencing Homelessness program waives remaining tuition and mandatory fees after other grants and scholarships have been applied.
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Florida professor fired for assigning a profane story, lawsuit says

Matt Zalaznick -
South Florida State College fired an English professor after she assigned a story about a teacher who talks about sex with her students. Now the professor is suing.
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Senators still working with SEC, Big Ten on issues involved in college sports bill

ABC News -
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, and co-sponsor Sen. Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., are pushing to bring the Protect College Sports Act to a vote before Aug. 7, the last day the Senate meets before going on break.
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Faculty development: Pulling back at the worst possible time?

Dr. Brian Bridges -
Faculty development is not a perk. It is a critical piece of educational infrastructure that’s as central to an institution’s survival as the systems that keep the lights on and tuition flowing.
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First AI-native class arrives on campus. What now?

Dr. James L. Norrie -
The class arriving this fall is not waiting for universities to decide whether AI belongs in higher education because, in their minds, that question has already been answered.
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