Tom Downey on Muck Rack

Tom Downey

As seen in: Chat Sports, Medium, MSN, The New York Times Magazine, The Guardian, Marriott Bonvoy, Quartz, Sports Illustrated, Flipboard, The Irish Times, New Zealand Herald and
Just a chill guy
Is this you? As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work. Claim your profile

Get in touch with Tom

Contact Tom, search articles and posts on X, monitor coverage, and track replies from one place.

Learn more about Muck Rack

Actions

Share this page

Is this you?

As a journalist, you can create a free Muck Rack account to customize your profile, list your contact preferences, and upload a portfolio of your best work.
Claim your profile

Articles

How to Move From Signals to Strategy in Graduate Enrollment Management

|
By Tom Downey
| liaisonedu.com
Enrollment environments like the one we’re experiencing now can lead to cognitive overload. It’s simply too difficult to manage every disruption at the same time. But instead of trying to see it all, perhaps the more pragmatic approach is to select the most important signals and work to interpret them as part of the practice of strategic agility.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

From Demo to Decision: What to Ask Potential Ed Tech Partners

|
By Tom Downey
| liaisonedu.com
The moment a platform looks promising, it’s tempting to schedule a demo, gather the team, and start imagining what might be possible. But what happens next is often less clear. Beyond the product walkthroughs and polished presentations, there’s a more important conversation waiting to happen: Will a new piece of ed tech become a catalyst for progress or another tool that never quite delivers? In a crowded market, choosing the right partner starts with knowing what to ask.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?

Lessons From Higher Education On Leading Through Uncertainty

|
By Tom Downey
| liaisonedu.com
Across higher ed, the stakes are rising while certainty is disappearing. Enrollment leaders today are confronting demographic contraction, financial strain, shifting consumer expectations and evolving regulatory conditions. These forces are pushing universities to operate more like complex enterprises than traditional academic institutions. Leadership in higher education now requires disciplined judgment, enterprise coordination and long-term thinking in the face of constant disruption.
Open in Who Shared Issue with article?
See all 353 licensed articles (360 Total)
 •  Privacy  •  Terms  •  Security and Legal  •   •   •   • 

© 2026 Muck Rack

SOC 2® Certified