<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Chad Boersema — Essays</title><description>Occasional long-form essays on AI, data, and leadership in higher education.</description><link>https://chadboersema.com/</link><item><title>A Relationship, Incorporated</title><link>https://chadboersema.com/essays/a-relationship-incorporated/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://chadboersema.com/essays/a-relationship-incorporated/</guid><description>The first universities owned no buildings — they were a relationship between someone who knew something and someone who wanted to learn it. A Chief Data Officer on why all the scaffolding of modern higher ed exists to serve that relationship, and the discipline of continually recalibrating to the student learning at its center.</description><pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>