Short Reads & Articles
School leadership reflections and essays on AI originally published on LinkedIn, collected here for slower reading. Short Reads are single pieces; Articles combine related reflections into longer essays. Find me on LinkedIn → for new pieces as they're written.
Five Things I Brought Home from NACAC
I'm back from NACAC, the national conference for college admission professionals. I went to see how higher ed enrollment teams are working with AI, and what's worth bringing
What Happened in the States That Have Vouchers
Part 1 of this research looked backwards, at what independent schools did in 2020 when federal money became available on a short deadline. This part looks at what is happening now, in the states already running voucher and education savings account programs.
Today’s AI Impact on the Role of Enrollment Director
Recently, I ran an experiment. I asked three of the most capable AI models available the same hard question about four private-school leadership roles. Given where frontier AI is actually…
The Knowledge That Walks Out the Door: An AI Summer Project
How AI finally makes it worth documenting your school's work, and why that matters more than any flashy tool. Every school has a problem it has quietly stopped trying to solve. This summer, I became convinced that AI can finally fix it…
That inspiring conference is fading: Capture it in one hour
If you're attending any professional development conferences this summer, here's a simple way to get far more value out of them using AI…
Journey Mapping With Emotions — A Team Activity for Enrollment Directors
I've been thinking about example activities an enrollment director could run to help their team practice AI skills and…
Vibe Data — How AI Is Redefining Data Literacy
I built a complex enrollment management spreadsheet in three minutes using ChatGPT. The kind of sophisticated…