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New America's Education Experts Weigh in on 2014 Budget April 11, 2013

Washington, DC — President Obama yesterday sent his fiscal year 2014 budget request to Congress on Wednesday. Today, the New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program released a new report, “Key Questions on the Obama Administration’s 2014 Budget Request.”
 
The Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation has generated a list of key questions that policymakers, the media, stakeholder groups, ...

April 2, 2013

Another proposal ties rates to bonds issued by the federal government, which allows interest rates to rise and fall with the market, said Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. ...

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April 2, 2013

Another proposal ties rates to bonds issued by the federal government, which allows interest rates to rise and fall with the market, said Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C. ...

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Director of New America's Federal Education Budget Project to Focus Testimony on Student Loan Interest Rates March 12, 2013

Washington, DC — Jason Delisle, director of the New America Foundation’s Federal Education Budget Project, will testify before the U.S. House Committee on Education and Workforce for a hearing entitled “Keeping College Within Reach: Examining Opportunities to Strengthen Federal Student Loan Programs.” The hearing will take place in room 2175 of the Rayburn House ...

Available to Discuss Topics Ranging from Universal Pre-K to Financial Aid and High School Reform February 13, 2013

Washington, DC — In his State of the Union Wednesday night President Obama made several proposals aimed at improving America's education system that would affect students in pre-K through high school and on to higher education. The New America Foundation's Education Policy Program has experts available on the full spectrum of education policy areas to provide insight, ...

February 7, 2013

Congress could fund the program at current annual funding levels -- right now, $36 billion total, with $23 billion from annual appropriations -- for 2014 and meet the program's needs, said Jason Delisle, director of the Federal Education Budget Project ...

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The New America Foundation takes a crack. February 6, 2013

A landmark report came out last week from the New America Foundation featuring a novel plan to fix the federal student aid program. What makes it so new? It helps more Americans finish college—the end game of federal student aid—without burdening them with debt. ...

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February 5, 2013

Washington, DC —  Fiscal year 2013 funding for federal education programs has been complicated by a temporary spending bill, looming across-the-board spending cuts called “sequestration,” and spending caps. The New America Foundation’s Federal Education Budget Project (FEBP) experts are available to explain the complex budget process and its implications.
 
The political tide has shifted in recent weeks to suggest that sequestration will indeed occur, perhaps as soon as the current March 1 deadline. That eventuality ...

February 1, 2013

The New America Foundation, in a comprehensive report on education and federal student aid, calls GEAR UP – Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs – "the most promising" of all similar college-access federal programs over the past five decades. 

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