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New America’s Response to Request for Information on Developing and Implementing a Common Manual for the Federal Direct Loan Program

Testimony / In Short

New America’s Response to Request for Information on Developing and Implementing a Common Manual for the Federal Direct Loan Program

New America’s comments on the Education Department’s request for information on creating a common manual for federal direct loan servicing.

Oct 9, 2025

Sophie Nguyen, Sarah Sattelmeyer

Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students

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Report / In Depth

Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students

This policy agenda outlines federal and state strategies to support student parents and advance a more accessible child care system.

Oct 9, 2025

Richard Davis Jr., Stephanie Baker

Protecting Infant Health: Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps

Report / In Depth

Protecting Infant Health: Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps

We should better connect automatically eligible babies to critical services for healthy development, especially as need only stands to grow.

Oct 9, 2025

Sarah Gilliland, Carrie Gillispie

Us@250 Dispatch: Denver, Colorado

In Short

Us@250 Dispatch: Denver, Colorado

A live storytelling event in the Mountain West puts the themes of pride, reckoning, and aspiration on stage.

Oct 9, 2025

Nicholas Mainieri

War and Food: How Attacks on Traditional Cooking Can Foreshadow Genocide

In Short

War and Food: How Attacks on Traditional Cooking Can Foreshadow Genocide

Aryn Baker sat down with Michael Shaikh to discuss his new book, The Last Sweet Bite. How does violence shape what’s on our plate?

Oct 9, 2025

Aryn Baker

Will Hunt on the Power of the Ancestral Dead

In Short

Will Hunt on the Power of the Ancestral Dead

New America Fellow Will Hunt spoke about his forthcoming book, Bones.

Oct 8, 2025

Will Hunt

AI Agents Are Coming to Campus. Who Will They Work For?

In Short

AI Agents Are Coming to Campus. Who Will They Work For?

The real opportunity presented by agentic AI here is not to cut back on student support, but to expand it.

Oct 8, 2025

Emma Semaan

At Texas Universities, Censorship Isn’t a Bug. It’s a Feature.

The Thread

At Texas Universities, Censorship Isn’t a Bug. It’s a Feature.

Texas fires teachers as bans erase trans, nonbinary rights. Morgan Polk explores rising political pressure on higher education.

Oct 7, 2025

Morgan Polk

New Reporting Grants Aim to Strengthen and Elevate Caregiving Coverage

In Short

New Reporting Grants Aim to Strengthen and Elevate Caregiving Coverage

Oct 7, 2025

Rebecca Gale

OTI Joins Organizations in Calling on the Department of Education to Integrate CDT’s Principles for Responsible AI Use

Testimony / In Short

OTI Joins Organizations in Calling on the Department of Education to Integrate CDT’s Principles for Responsible AI Use

The move is critical to realizing the benefits of AI use in K-12 schools while minimizing harms to students.

Oct 7, 2025

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Thriving Families

Real Skills, Real Income: Why Youth Apprenticeship Is Resonating Now

Future-Proofing U.S. Nuclear Policy: Forecasting Outcomes of the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile

Debunking Myths on Student Parent Data Collection

The App Store Accountability Act Poses Serious Concerns for Privacy, Security, and Free Expression

Redrawing School Boundaries for Fairer Funding

Reframing Fusion Voting as a Practical, Powerful Reform Strategy

Harnessing Terrorism Data to Reshape U.S. National Security Policy

Establishing a National Housing Loss Rate

New America Fellows

No Place to Land: Housing Insecurity Among Caregiving College Students

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From Life Itself

Cultivating Connections: Why Relationships Matter for Youth Apprenticeship

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New America’s Response to Request for Information on Developing and Implementing a Common Manual for the Federal Direct Loan Program

Policy Agenda: Improving Child Care Access for Parenting Students

Protecting Infant Health: Closing Early Intervention Service Gaps

Us@250 Dispatch: Denver, Colorado

War and Food: How Attacks on Traditional Cooking Can Foreshadow Genocide

Will Hunt on the Power of the Ancestral Dead

AI Agents Are Coming to Campus. Who Will They Work For?

At Texas Universities, Censorship Isn’t a Bug. It’s a Feature.

New Reporting Grants Aim to Strengthen and Elevate Caregiving Coverage

OTI Joins Organizations in Calling on the Department of Education to Integrate CDT’s Principles for Responsible AI Use