In a candid conversation, Ethan Blaine speaks with Camille Faivre, an education management expert who helps universities redesign open and e-learning programs. Drawing on a decade of systemwide program reviews and hands-on turnaround work after the pandemic, she explains how Florida’s public
Imagine a university, renowned for its research and academic excellence, forced to pay millions and alter its core policies just to keep its federal funding intact. This is the reality Northwestern University faced in 2024 when it struck a controversial $75 million deal with the Trump
With over two decades of experience in higher education management, Camille Faivre has become a trusted voice in navigating the complex challenges facing colleges today. As an expert in education policy and e-learning development, she has guided numerous institutions through financial crises and
For a decade, international students helped balance campus budgets and seed research labs, yet this fall’s intake revealed an unmistakable turn as policy turbulence intersected with cost anxiety and global competition to disrupt pipelines that once felt steady. U.S. colleges tracked fewer newcomers
Introduction Millions of borrowers are watching a single court deadline decide whether timely relief arrives or years of waiting stretch longer still, as the Education Department asks a federal judge for 18 more months to resolve a wave of borrower defense claims born from the Sweet v. McMahon
A week that spliced policy engineering with campus politics told a single story: U.S. higher education reshaped itself in real time as oversight migrated, money surged, demand zigged, and governance met the courtroom, and the ripple effects reached budgets, pipelines, and norms in one sweep. The
