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Phil HillPhil Hill (@PhilOnEdTech) is Publisher of the On EdTech blog and Partner at Phil Hill & Associates, LLC. Market Analyst. Craft Beer Connoisseur. Dad and Grandpa. These are just a few of the hats that Phil Hill wears.
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LMS-Market
Jun 3, 2026

Higher Ed Is Driving by the Rearview Mirror

Higher Ed Is Driving by the Rearview Mirror

I realize now that I gave the same answer six times in a podcast interview.

Regulatory Analysis
May 29, 2026

The Need Is Real

The Need Is Real

A student's case for accountability—and why I haven't changed my mind about the rules

Regulatory Analysis
May 27, 2026

Inside 8,719 Public Comments on Do No Harm

Inside 8,719 Public Comments on Do No Harm

An AI-enabled read of the AHEAD comment record—who filed, what they said, and which arguments will actually shape the final rule

Regulatory Analysis
May 21, 2026

The Most Arcane Public Comment Imaginable

The Most Arcane Public Comment Imaginable

Connecting a footnote to the fundamental problem with earnings accountability

security-and-outages
May 19, 2026

A Technical Deep Dive Is Not a Crisis Response

A Technical Deep Dive Is Not a Crisis Response

The company is optimizing for litigation posture when the bigger threat is to institutional trust.

Regulatory Analysis
May 14, 2026

Introducing the On EdTech+ Podcast

Introducing the On EdTech+ Podcast

Two episodes live now: the AI gap the industry won't talk about, and where the LMS market is actually heading

LMS-Market
May 11, 2026

One Step Forward, One Step Back

One Step Forward, One Step Back

Instructure adds a helpful, direct statement on the cyber attack, but it is becoming more clear that they don't get it . . . yet

security-and-outages
May 8, 2026

Instructure Is Risking the Trust That Built Canvas

Instructure Is Risking the Trust That Built Canvas

The Canvas cyber incident is still active, and some details remain incomplete. But today's belated public update sharpens the trust question rather than retiring it.

LMS-Market
May 7, 2026

Update to Spring 2026 LMS Market Analysis

Update to Spring 2026 LMS Market Analysis

Fixing two slides from a version-control error

LMS-Market
May 7, 2026

Spring 2026 Higher Ed LMS Market Analysis

Spring 2026 Higher Ed LMS Market Analysis

Our annual LMS market analysis with a new format and emphasis

AI
May 4, 2026

SUNY's AI Policy Has Two Strategic Blind Spots—and It's Not Alone

SUNY's AI Policy Has Two Strategic Blind Spots—and It's Not Alone

SUNY’s new framework shows how higher ed AI policy can acknowledge AI while avoiding the harder questions it now raises

General-EdTech
Apr 27, 2026

AI Gives Us Permission

AI Gives Us Permission

ASU+GSV panels show that the conversations education has been avoiding for decades are finally occurring

Regulatory Analysis
Apr 20, 2026

How to Interpret the NPRM on Institutional Accountability

How to Interpret the NPRM on Institutional Accountability

The proposed rules largely confirm what emerged from AHEAD NegReg. The real question now is not what ED proposed, but where the Department appears open to comment and where it is mostly signaling that the major calls have already been made.

Regulatory Analysis
Apr 17, 2026

The Graduate Loan Limits Will Not Hit Evenly

The Graduate Loan Limits Will Not Hit Evenly

Visualizations of the new PEER Center report

Conference
Apr 15, 2026

The Missing Topics

The Missing Topics

Signs from ASU+GSV of a disconnect in the EdTech world

AI
Apr 13, 2026

AI is not Advancing Linearly, or Exponentially

AI is not Advancing Linearly, or Exponentially

It might be better to look at the advances as inflection points separating radically different phases; and that has implications for EdTech

Online-education
Apr 9, 2026

The Locality of Online Education: What the Data Actually Show

The Locality of Online Education: What the Data Actually Show

Two independent datasets complicate the "students choose local" mantra—and reveal 2020 as a structural turning point.

LMS-Market
Apr 7, 2026

Categories Might Be Safe, But Not Vendors

Categories Might Be Safe, But Not Vendors

A follow-up discussion of AI, SaaS, and EdTech survival

LMS-Market
Apr 1, 2026

AI, SaaS, and EdTech Survival

AI, SaaS, and EdTech Survival

Why the “SaaS Apocalypse” Isn’t the End of EdTech Software Providers

LMS-Market
Mar 26, 2026

Instructure Releases the IgniteAI Agent: Now the Real Test Begins

Instructure Releases the IgniteAI Agent: Now the Real Test Begins

After months of credibility questions, Canvas delivers its agentic AI tool—but it's too early to evaluate impact due to cautious campus adoption

Regulatory Analysis
Mar 24, 2026

It's Already Too Late

It's Already Too Late

It will take 6-10 years before OB3’s institutional accountability rules create a real feedback loop for program improvement

NC-SARA
Mar 20, 2026

A View of Online Institutional Geographic Enrollment Patterns

A View of Online Institutional Geographic Enrollment Patterns

NC-SARA data shows how large online institutions differ in in-state reliance and interstate reach

Online-education
Mar 16, 2026

Hidden Geography of Online - All States

Hidden Geography of Online - All States

An On EdTech+ special report sharing data charts for all states (plus DC)

Regulatory Analysis
Mar 13, 2026

The Concept vs. The Reality of Earnings Accountability

The Concept vs. The Reality of Earnings Accountability

A useful visual on why the new earnings-based accountability metric results will surprise many higher ed leaders

Regulatory Analysis
Mar 11, 2026

A Clarifying Read From the Hechinger Report

A Clarifying Read From the Hechinger Report

Great to see others noticing the bipartisan negotiated reforms

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