Higher education expert Eddy Conroy and Eviction Lab researcher Nick Graetz share insights from their recent study.

Amid federal funding cuts, New America revisits expert and student perspectives on AI education at community colleges.

The New America Higher Education Team raised concerns that the aspiring accreditor, the Post Secondary Commission's most recent standards revision, weakens the rules they will hold colleges ...

On Capitol Hill, Concerns Grow Over NSF Cuts Threatening Community College STEM Job Training NSF budget cuts, reductions in force, and funding freezes hamstring community college programs around ...

New America’s Open Technology Institute offers a path toward exploring privacy-preserving age verification.

States depend on two interconnected sources of federal funding to uphold the right to education for children with disabilities: the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) and Medicaid.

Today, House Republicans on the Education and Workforce committee released their budget reconciliation bill. Budget reconciliation is a special process Congress can use to quickly pass spending, ...

New America's Education & Work programs share concerns about the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act and its threat to public education in the United States.

Supreme Court ruling weakens data privacy, giving DOGE access to sensitive Social Security records. Learn what’s at risk—and what you can do.

Education Secretary McMahon has repeatedly described the Department as “an agency that is responsibly winding down.” While the Department is hoping to wind down, House Republicans are proposing ...

Congress should reject the Trump Administration’s attack on adult education and increase funding for this important program.

The student loan repayment provisions of the Student Success and Taxpayer Savings Plan will increase confusion and monthly costs for families, penalize the lowest-income borrowers, and be a challenge ...