Poster Child for Fair-Value Accounting: Student Loan Debt Swap
The debt swap does little more than reshuffle a set of existing loans on paper.
Public Service Loan Forgiveness Does Not Make Your Loan Affordable
Since President Obama proposed changes to IBR and PSLF, a debate over affordability has touched off.
The Wrong Enemy
There is a reason why Afghanistan is called the “graveyard of empires.” After the U.S.’s 13 years there, how do we repair the damage?
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Dragnet Nation
In her new book, Julia Angwin reports from the front lines with an unsettling look at America’s surveillance economy.
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740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
OTI Sends Letter To Congress on the DOTCOM Bill and the IANA Transition
What’s in Rubio’s New Income Share Agreement Bill?
The bills require certain consumer disclosures to be clearly communicated to the individual receiving the ISA.
Million Records Project Raises as Many Questions as Answers
For all the questions the SVA report answers, it raises at least as many more.
Locked Up and Locked Out: Applying an Assets Lens to Reentry
For ex-offenders, the institutional barriers to basic financial stability—let alone savings—are vast.
New America Hosts Launch of Workforce Credentials Coalition
Today, New America is hosting the inaugural meeting of the Workforce Credentials Coalition. Led by the California Community Colleges (CCCCO)
Implementing the PCAST Spectrum Sharing Report
the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) in 2012 recommended a parallel path to bandwidth abundance.
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740 15th St NW #900, Washington, D.C. 20005
OTI Convenes Researchers to Discuss Data and Discrimination
PLUS Loans are not Grants
Parent PLUS loans are not like other forms of federal student aid and lumping them in the same category is deceptive.
The Global War for Internet Governance with Dr. Laura DeNardis
The Internet is a medium uncontrolled by any one centralized system, a reality that has caused active debates in many areas.
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Time to Improve Federal and State Educator Preparation Policies
The nation’s—in fact, the world’s—expectations for what PreK-12 students should know and are able to do are rising.