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A.I.C.S.E. — Analyze. Interpret. Challenge. Strategize. Execute. The Problem No One Wants to Admit Higher education leaders have more data than ever before. Enrollment dashboards. Retention scorecards. Financial trend reports. IPEDS submissions. Accreditation evidence portfolios. Ranking inputs. Survey results. And yet, in boardrooms and cabinet meetings across the country, the question that keeps coming up is not "where is the data?", but rather "what does this actually mean for us, and what...

Most families begin the college search the same way. They visit college websites. They ask friends. They listen to colleagues who have been through it. They look at rankings. They hear a school name enough times and it starts to feel like a safe bet. And then they make one of the most consequential academic and financial decisions of their family’s life based largely on reputation, hearsay, and a campus tour. I understand why. Navigating higher education data is not easy. It is not designed...

There's a quiet crisis unfolding on college campuses across the country and most parents won't find out about it until it's too late. The Parent PLUS loan, a federal loan program designed to help families bridge the gap between financial aid packages and the actual cost of attendance, is being denied at increasing rates. And I have a strong suspicion about who's driving that trend: Millennial parents. Let me explain why and why higher education institutions and high schools both have a...