Like Baylor, the University of Alabama Steered Many Low-Income Families to Parent PLUS Loans
How top universities boost prestige through aid tactics that favor wealthy students—while pushing low-income families into heavy debt.
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Clearing the Lane for Apprenticeship
What’s in a Name? Unpacking Definitions of “Degree Apprenticeship” and “Apprenticeship Degree”
Advice to the U.S. President
State Legislatures Weighing in on Workforce Pell
Ranking Digital Rights
We rely on dozens of companies for the services that power our digital lives, but are they committed to respecting our digital rights?
Flipping the Paradigm: Training-based Pathways to Bachelor’s Degrees and Beyond
In the U.S., high-quality training is reserved for those who have the resources to finish a four-year degree before having to learn job-spec
Snapchat’s Fine Print Causes Huge Outcry
Let’s get this out of the way: Snapchat tried to do a good thing.
Renewing the Promise of the Higher Education Act: Seven Principles for Reform
Today, New America joined with a coalition of national organizations to call for a fresh conversation around the Higher Education Act of 196
Ranking Digital Rights Spotlights Corporate Practices Around Privacy, Freedom of Expression
Many of the world’s most powerful Internet and telecommunications companies are not doing enough to respect basic user rights.
New Copyright Rules Offer Improvements for Security Researchers, But Need for Legislative Reform Continues
Today, the Librarian of Congress issued highly-anticipated new exceptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA. Section 1201 of the
Senate Passes Dangerous Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act
Today, the Senate passed the Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA, S. 754), with a vote of 74 to 21. The bill was broadly opposed by
Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA, S. 754) Amendment Analysis
A chart providing OTI’s position and a brief description of each amendment to CISA that will be voted on is available here.
OTI Disappointed that Senate Moves on Broadly Opposed Cybersecurity Bill
oday Majority Leader McConnell moved to start debate and voting on the highly controversial Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act (CISA, S.7
Ten Reasons Why Encryption Backdoor Mandates Are a Bad Idea
OTI Policy Director Kevin Bankston testified before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform’s Subcommittee.