The Exchange Live: Leadership Edition | September 15, 2026 | The New Admissions Cycle: What's Really at Stake for Graduate Enrollment
Panelists: Fran Reed, Donald Resnick, Keith Ramsdell, Marcus Hanscom

As a new admissions cycle gets underway, graduate enrollment leaders are being asked to do more with less clarity. International pipelines are shifting, domestic recruitment is being asked to absorb the gap, budgets remain tight, and leadership churn keeps disrupting the plans institutions were counting on. Meanwhile, many schools are already behind on fall targets, and the pressure to pivot is colliding with the reality that pivoting takes time most teams don't have.

This session brings together a panel of seasoned graduate enrollment leaders for a candid, wide-ranging conversation on the issues shaping the new cycle right now, including the changes with the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) and the impact on students and institutions, the future of international recruitment strategy, the tradeoffs of backfilling with domestic students, why graduate school has become a commodity and what differentiation actually looks like today, how to manage the disruption caused by constant turnover in leadership and vendors, and what to do when fall numbers are already off track.

Rather than a single deep dive, this is a true round-robin conversation. Bring your questions and comments; the panel will tackle as many of these threads as time allows, with plenty of room for live audience input.

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