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Higher Education Insights addresses many topical issues that institutions are facing today. As expectations for sustainability and success continues to increase, it is important for leaders in higher education to critically assess and be prepared to refocus strategic initiatives. The higher education consulting services and insights offered by these articles are valuable for the leaders of higher education.

The Consulting Directors and Contributing Editors of focusEDU are nationally respected leaders in their areas of expertise in higher education. Higher Education Insights are original critical-thought positions from the leaders of focusEDU.

focusEDU consultants are all acclaimed national leaders in their professions. focusEDU has a cadre of professionals from the core higher ed mission-critical operational areas of enrollment management, admissions, registrar and registration areas, student accounts and student financial services areas, financial aid operations, institutional effectiveness and experts to provide advice and assistance to the leaders of higher education in instructional technology and instructional design. These are short, good articles. Please click on the title to read an interesting article.

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 Leadership Mentoring in the First 90 Days After a Search

Leadership Mentoring in the First 90 Days After a Search

A completed search is not a completed leadership transition. Cabinets should commission function-specific mentoring in the first 90 days so a new...

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Your Cohort Default Rate Is Low. Do You Know Why?

Your Cohort Default Rate Is Low. Do You Know Why?

The national FY 2023 cohort default rate is 0.4%. That number may look reassuring, but it deserves a closer look.

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2026-27 Is Not a Normal Financial Aid Award Year.  Read Why.

2026-27 Is Not a Normal Financial Aid Award Year. Read Why.

Institutions must align financial-aid capacity, controls, training, and leadership attention with the complexity of the 2026-27 operating environment.

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Interim Higher Education Placement Is Strategic, Not a Placeholder

Interim Higher Education Placement Is Strategic, Not a Placeholder

Interim higher education leadership placement is not a placeholder until a search finishes. Used well, the gap is a diagnostic window to keep...

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It Takes a Campus: What Really Goes Into Gainful Employment Reporting

It Takes a Campus: What Really Goes Into Gainful Employment Reporting

One federal report can depend on data maintained, produced, or validated across an entire institution.

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Workforce Pell Is Live. Is Your College Actually Ready to Administer It?

Workforce Pell Is Live. Is Your College Actually Ready to Administer It?

A short-term program becomes Pell-eligible only after a demanding institutional, state, and federal process. Workforce Pell is a cross-functional...

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Enrollment Management: Admissions, Aid, Registrar Share One Calendar

Enrollment Management: Admissions, Aid, Registrar Share One Calendar

Enrollment management consulting is calendar work before it is campaign work. When admissions, financial aid, the registrar, and student accounts...

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Financial Aid Rules Changed. Did Your Systems and Procedures Change?

Financial Aid Rules Changed. Did Your Systems and Procedures Change?

Regulatory implementation is complete only when current authority is reflected in systems, procedures, forms, websites, training, testing, and...

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Admissions Consulting After the Offer: CRM Configuration Decides Yield

Admissions Consulting After the Offer: CRM Configuration Decides Yield

Yield after the offer is an operations problem. Admissions consulting that configures CRM statuses, waitlist and deposit workflows, melt tasks,...

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Institutional Knowledge Is a Financial Asset

Institutional Knowledge Is a Financial Asset

Every institution has employees who know how things really work. The risk arises when that knowledge exists only in their heads.

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