From Momentum to Maturity
Youth apprenticeship is growing, and there are many reasons to be optimistic about its future this National Apprenticeship Week.
Community College Presidents and Trustees Invited to Complete National Survey on Economic Development
New America and ACCT announce a first-of-its-kind national survey to understand the role of community college trustees and presidents in building capacity for economic and workforce development.
Public Comments on DOL’s Independent Contractor Rule
The Center on Education & Labor and New America Chicago submitted comments to the U.S. Department of Labor opposing a proposed rule changing how companies classify gig workers.
New NYT Opinion Piece Co-Authored by Amy J. Nelson, Lab Director and Senior Fellow
Future Security Scenarios Lab Director and Senior Fellow Amy J. Nelson published a new opinion piece in the New York Times co-authored with Sean Anthony Guillory, examining how prediction markets are reshaping conflict reporting, distorting incentives, and posing emerging risks to national security.
Artificial Intelligence, Higher Education, and the Future of Knowledge
An event addressing how students, educators, and institutions retain real agency in the age of AI
Virtual
12PM – 1PM EDT
A Roadmap to Beating the Mental Load: Unpacking Emotional Labor with Leah Ruppanner
The mental load is gaining attention. Sociologist Leah Ruppanner offers practical tools to overcome it in her new book.
Planting Seeds to Grow Apprenticeship
Illinois college identifies three factors needed to be an effective apprenticeship sponsor
Unraveling the Case for Credentials in High School
New research from Texas and Ohio reveals how states can ensure credentials lead to opportunity for students.
Launching a Torrent of Youth Apprenticeships in Florence, Alabama
The LAUNCH youth apprenticeship program in Florence City Schools gives real-world paid work experience that provides economic opportunity.
Affordable Homeownership
The national conversation about how to fix the housing supply crisis focuses on building new homes, faster. And rightfully so. For decades, we have not built enough housing to meet demand, and fixing this requires new construction. At the same time, far less attention is paid to the invisible half of the supply crisis: the financing systems that lock millions of families out of affordable homes that already exist.
Roughly one in four owner-occupied homes in the United States—22 million—are valued at less than $200,000. For first-time buyers, especially in communities of color, these small-dollar homes represent a critical pathway to affordable homeownership. And yet, families struggle to buy these homes due to financing and repair barriers that make small-dollar mortgages harder to access. Through research, convening, and local partnerships, New America tackles these barriers to unlock access to affordable homeownership for all.