Monday Musings

This week’s edition highlights legal and policy changes reshaping compliance, funding, and student access. From Title IX enforcement and accreditation reform to state budget threats and STEM transfer challenges, campus leaders will find quick insights and recommended actions.

As colleges expand support for adult learners, international students, and summer success, leaders are rethinking what meaningful investment looks like. This edition highlights financial literacy, NCAA reform, and the urgency to protect public data and student services.

Student support is shifting. This week’s top stories highlight enrollment momentum, strategic nudging, and how leaders are refining their message. Plus: a closer look at storytelling, outcomes, and readiness.

This week, higher ed leaders face budget threats, but student re-engagement offers hope. Explore the role of purpose in retention, re-enrollment shifts, and how StudentLingo supports meaningful student success.

From Penn State’s closure proposal to Gen Z’s evolving expectations, this week’s Monday Musings explores five timely developments in higher education. Learn how institutions are responding to fiscal stress, federal aid failures, and new student definitions of success.

This week’s Monday Musings breaks down urgent campus issues: most faculty still lack AI training, endowment taxes may be coming, and equity programs are under pressure. Plus: key actions to protect funding, strengthen student pipelines, and build future-ready curricula.