The 2023–24 FAFSA rollout was plagued by delays, technical issues, and confusion, disrupting financial aid timelines and shaking families’ confidence. With FAFSA opening two months later than usual this year, these challenges persist—posing serious concerns for enrollment, budgeting, and student success.

Beyond the Credential Factory: Why Higher Education Must Shift from Management to Flourishing
For decades, higher education leadership has obsessed over “student success” as a purely operational metric. We track retention and graduation rates and postgraduation outcomes with the same linear precision that


