Who is Anthony Washington Sr.?

Anthony Washington Sr. is a U.S. Army and Maryland Army National Guard veteran, a coach and official of more than twenty years, and the founder of After Today, LLC. He builds leadership training, athletic recruiting education, and people-first AI systems for student-athletes, families, schools, and organizations. He is based in Pennsylvania and works primarily across Pennsylvania and Maryland.

What does Anthony Washington Sr. do?

He works in three connected areas: athletic recruiting education that gives student-athletes and families a repeatable daily process, leadership training for first-time supervisors and public-sector leaders, and people-first AI and workflow implementation for organizations. He also speaks and runs workshops for schools, teams, and districts.

What is athletic recruiting infrastructure?

Athletic recruiting infrastructure is the repeatable system a family or program uses to manage recruiting — film, academics, communication with coaches, eligibility tracking, and follow-up — instead of relying on exposure events and luck. Anthony teaches recruiting as infrastructure so progress comes from a daily practice rather than a seasonal scramble.

What does people-first AI implementation mean?

People-first AI implementation means adopting AI to improve the work without displacing or sidelining the people who do it. In practice that means starting from the actual workflow, keeping a human accountable for decisions, training staff on the tools they will use, and setting guardrails before scale — not buying software and hoping the team adapts.

Who are Anthony's programs designed for?

Student-athletes and their parents, high school and grassroots coaches, athletic programs, schools and districts, first-time supervisors, public-sector leaders, and organizations that want leadership training or help implementing AI without leaving employees behind.

Does Anthony Washington Sr. provide leadership training?

Yes. He trains first-time supervisors and team leads on the first ninety days, difficult conversations, accountability, and building trust, drawing on his military service, public-sector supervision, and coaching experience. Training is delivered as courses, workshops, and organizational consulting.

How can a school, district, or organization work with Anthony?

Schools, districts, and organizations can book speaking engagements and workshops, bring in leadership training for supervisors and staff, or engage him on recruiting support and AI and workflow implementation. Start on the contact page and say which of those you need.

How can I book Anthony Washington Sr. to speak?

Send an inquiry through the contact page with your event date, audience, format, and location. The speaking page lists topics, session formats, and the audiences he speaks to most often.

Where is Anthony Washington Sr. based?

He is based in Pennsylvania and works primarily across Pennsylvania and Maryland, with virtual sessions available beyond that area.

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Towson’s Tuition Shift Is Bigger Than Tuition

commentary · September 10, 2026

Towson University is making a tuition move that deserves more attention than it is getting.

Key takeaways

Towson University says a new Mid-Atlantic tuition rate will begin for qualifying undergraduate students in fall 2027.[1]
Towson has not yet publicly detailed every qualifying state or the final Mid-Atlantic price.
Current 2026-27 estimated annual tuition and fees are $12,690 for Maryland residents and $32,948 for out-of-state undergraduates.[2]
Towson says estimated 2027-28 tuition rates will not be available until March 2027.[2]
A meaningful regional tuition discount could improve Towson’s competitiveness for students from nearby states.
The change could also matter in athletic recruiting, particularly where tuition remains a major part of an athlete’s final college decision.
Families should evaluate the eventual regional rate alongside scholarships, grants, financial aid, housing, meals, transportation, and total cost of attendance.

Towson University is making a tuition move that deserves more attention than it is getting.

Beginning in fall 2027, Towson says it will introduce a new Mid-Atlantic tuition rate for undergraduate students living in states near Maryland.[1]

That sounds like a tuition story.

I think it is really a recruiting story.

Towson is signaling that it wants to become more competitive for students who live close enough to Maryland to consider Towson, but far enough away to currently face a significant out-of-state price difference.

For the 2026-27 academic year, Towson lists estimated annual full-time tuition and fees at $12,690 for Maryland residents and $32,948 for out-of-state students.[2]

That is a gap of more than $20,000 before housing, meals, transportation, books, and everything else families have to consider.

So when Towson says a new regional rate is coming, families should pay attention.

This Could Change Who Says Yes

College decisions often come down to more than admissions.

A student can love a school and still decide:

We cannot justify the price.

That is especially true for families living just across the Maryland border.

Pennsylvania.

Delaware.

Virginia.

West Virginia.

New Jersey.

Towson has not yet publicly identified every state that will qualify for the new Mid-Atlantic rate, so nobody should assume eligibility yet.[1]

But if the new rate meaningfully lowers the cost for nearby out-of-state students, Towson could suddenly become much more competitive in markets where price previously pushed families elsewhere.

That matters.

This Matters for Athletic Recruiting Too

This is where I look at it differently.

College coaches can love an athlete.

The athlete can love the program.

The family can love the campus.

Then the financial package arrives.

Recruiting gets real very quickly.

For non-revenue sports and athletes who are not receiving full athletic scholarships, tuition differences can become part of the recruiting decision.

A lower regional tuition rate could give Towson coaches another tool when recruiting athletes from surrounding states.

That does not mean everybody suddenly gets a discount.

It does mean the financial conversation could change.

And sometimes recruiting is not lost because a coach did a bad job.

Sometimes the numbers simply did not work.

Towson Already Understands Regional Pricing

This is not completely foreign territory for Towson.

Its current tuition structure already includes certain regional rates in specific programs and locations. For example, Towson lists regional tuition eligibility for some out-of-state students in the USM Hagerstown Nursing Program who live in designated nearby counties in Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.[3]

That makes the fall 2027 announcement even more interesting.

The university appears to be moving toward a broader Mid-Atlantic undergraduate strategy.

The details will matter.

Which states qualify?

How much will students save?

Will every undergraduate major qualify?

Will scholarships stack with the regional rate?

Will current students qualify, or only new students?

Those answers could determine whether this is a modest tuition adjustment or a significant enrollment strategy.

Do Not Make Your Decision Yet

Towson says its estimated 2027-28 rates will not be available until March 2027.[2]

So families should not calculate savings using numbers that have not been published.

But prospective students entering college in fall 2027 should absolutely put this on the list of questions they ask Admissions.

Especially if they currently live outside Maryland.

Ask:

Do I qualify for the Mid-Atlantic tuition rate?

Then ask what the actual cost will be after scholarships and financial aid.

Because the sticker price matters.

But the number that matters most is what your family actually has to pay.

This Is Competition

Higher education is competing for students.

Demographics are changing.

Families are questioning college costs.

Students have more options.

Universities cannot assume geography will continue protecting enrollment.

Towson appears to understand that.

A student living in southern Pennsylvania may be geographically closer to Towson than to several universities in their own state.

The state line may matter legally for tuition.

It does not necessarily matter to the student deciding where they want to spend the next four years.

That is why this is bigger than tuition.

Towson may be preparing to make the Maryland border a little less important when students decide where they belong.

And if the final 2027 rate is aggressive enough?

Other regional universities should probably pay attention too.

Sources

[1] Towson University, "Projected Four-Year University Costs."
https://www.towson.edu/student-university-billing/tuition/projected.html

[2] Towson University, "Tuition & Expenses."
https://www.towson.edu/admissions/tuition/

[3] Towson University, "Fall & Spring Terms."
https://www.towson.edu/student-university-billing/tuition/fall-spring.html

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