Claiming many colleges and universities have "drifted" from their core principles, the Trump administration now expects higher ed leaders to pledge reforms by the end of 2026.

Trustees do not need to be CFOs, but they do need to understand the financial drivers that determine whether an institution is stable, vulnerable, or on a slow glide path toward distress.

For finance teams, outbound payments have become harder to manage, harder to track, and more exposed to risk.

Classrooms are shaped by durable forces, including the social nature of learning and the physiological limits of human attention, perception and comfort.