The Facts on Higher Education Policy

New America's Higher Education program experts collectively cover a wide range of topics on higher education policy. The team developed a series of fact sheets by topic to provide a high-level overview of the issues, key challenges, and potential policy solutions to ensuring an accessible, equitable, and high-quality higher education system for all students. These fact sheets will be used to provide foundational knowledge and help inform policymakers and others interested in addressing the challenges facing students in higher education. The fact sheets by issue area can be found below.

1.) Civil Rights and Academic Freedom

2.) College Affordability

3.) FAFSA and Financial Aid

4.) Federal Accountability

5.) Federal Pell Grant

6.) Federal Student Loans

7.) Federal Triad

8.) Student Parents

9.) Student Success

10.) Student Value and Data