Accreditation on the Ground: A Q&A with Heather Perfetti
Heather Perfetti, president of Middle States Commission on Higher Education, MSCHE, explains how the accreditor creates standards and evaluates colleges.
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Comments to the U.S. Department of Education About Data Collection via the National Study of Special Education Spending
New America’s Disability Policy initiative submitted comments to the Department of Education on its new data collection via the National Study of Special Education Spending.
Misrepresenting Accreditation: A Q&A with Melissa Ryan
Disinformation expert Melissa Ryan discusses how right-wing sources create fact-distorting campaigns around education issues.
Trump Budget Torches Community College Workforce Programs
The 2027 budget exposes the fraudulence of the Administration’s praise for workforce development alternatives to the bachelor’s degree.
Inside a Kentucky City’s Unusual Experiment in Citizen-Led Governance
Hollie Russon Gilman was quoted in NextCity about Lexington's first civic assembly.
Little Nurses: What Happens When Children Take Care of Sick and Disabled Relatives?
In The Guardian, Better Life Lab Story Fellow Feylyn Lewis describes her childhood experience as a "little nurse" to her mother, and the many challenges millions of youth caring for their family membe…
Going Hunting
New America's Peter Singer explores the challenge posed by mines and maritime chokepoints in the latest entry in his Fictional Intelligence series.
The Future of Accreditation: A Q&A with Jan Friis
Jan Friis of the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, CHEA, walks through policy changes coming down to accreditors.
A New Path to Nursing for High School Students in New Orleans
YouthForce NOLA's youth apprenticeship program helps economically disadvantaged young people become Licensed Practical Nurses
The Worst Future in Iran—and How to Stop It
At a moment when most analysis is focused on what the strikes against Iran achieved, Petit asks the harder question: what do they make possible—and for whom? His answer is specific, unsettling, and ex…
Storytelling Transforms Communities in Pennsylvania
PA Heart & Soul harnesses emotion to create community change.
Work Shift and New America Launch Reporting Fellowship
The Future of Work Reporting Fellowship will support journalists telling place-based stories that explore how government and private investments are reshaping economic …
She’s 14 and She’s Moved 26 Times. The U.S. Housing Crisis Has Families like Hers ‘Running in Place’
Outside Atlanta, the Godfreys are caught in a cycle of job loss and eviction. That stress has implications for the kids.
U.S. Intel Says About Half of Iran’s Missiles Still Intact
New America's Peter Bergen appeared on CNN to discuss the war with Iran.