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New America, Reimagined: Built for What’s Next
New America Announces Its New Mission and Vision, Reveals New Logo and Website
AI Risks Creating a ‘Demand Machine’ for Governments, Report Warns
Visualizing the Higher Education Industry
Kim Dancy and Amy Laitinen paint a view of the huge and complex higher education industry with it’s multiple goals and constituencies.
Whatever Happened to the Department’s Competency-Based Education Experiments?
President Obama announced competency-based experiments two years ago but still hasn’t happened. It is not enough to announce policy.
House Introduces Bipartisan Legislation to End The College Blackout
Leading house republicans and democrats introduce legislation to help students and families answer critical questions about college value.
Does Senator Alexander Want Less Burden or Better Information? He/We Can Have Both!
Senator Alexander holds a hearing on consumer choice and information today.
Schools spend nearly 1,000,000 hours complying with IPEDS. Let’s cut that by 2/3!
Key Questions on President’s 2016 Education Budget – Higher Education
President Obama released his fiscal year 2016 budget request to congress this week.
Bipartisan Bill for Evidence Could Improve Access to Higher Ed Data
Rep. Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) and Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash) introduced a bill that would make lawmakers consider policy in a way they rarely do.
15 Higher Education Predictions for 2015
As 2014 comes to a close, New America’s education program offers 15 higher education predictions for what we think will happen next year.
What’s in the Department’s Competency-Based Experimental Site Notice?
Results from the eagerly anticipated study on competency based testing.
Higher Ed Data Bill Band-Aids Over Problems
Rep. Virginia Foxx’s proposed higher ed data bill won’t do enough to help students.