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Pervasive surveillance, individual freedoms, and collective justice
The problem of pervasive surveillance technologies drums up passionate defenses of individual freedom and civil liberties, but what about collectiv... - article | October 17, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Performance Based Funding: The National Landscape
A recentreport from the Education Policy Center at the University of Alabama highlights the current status of states’ work with performance-based f... - article | October 15, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Graduate Enrollment and Degrees: 2011-2012
The Council of Graduate Schools recently reported a 1.8% increase in first-time enrollment of graduate students and a 2.3% decline in total enrollm... -
Saving Themselves: Why Young People Are Asking for Better Savings Services
Rani DeshpandeThe following article, written by YouthSave's very own Rani Deshpande of Save the Children, originally appeared on Next Billion Financial Innovatio... -
Data Profiling and Social Justice -- Remarks prepared for Eyebeam's “PRISM Breakup”
Presentation by Seeta Peña Gangadharan, Senior Research Fellow at Open Technology Institute, at PRISM Breakup in New York City, Saturday, October 5... - article | October 07, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Higher Education Pays: But a Lot More for Some Graduates Than for Others
A new report from College Measures, an organization that publishes state-level college performance data (e.g., completion and employment rates), sh... -
Big Questions for the Youth Financial Inclusion Field: A Roundup From the 2013 YouthSave Annual Meeting
Rani DeshpandeA few weeks ago, YouthSave project partners from around the world convened in Washington, DC for our annual Learning & Exchange Conference (LEC). W... -
Forget The Wealth Effect
It’s Time to Focus on The Income Effect to Understand the Sluggish Economy
Peter W. AtwaterThe “wealth effect” concept is remarkably simple: spending increases (decreases) as perceived wealth increases (decreases). When people perceive th... -
Why Kenya Needs a Youth Financial Capability Policy
Corrinne Ngurukie“The most effective way to influence positive financial behavior is when you put tools in the hands of young people – giving them the chance to own... - article | September 26, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Promoting College Match for Low-Income Students: Lessons for Practitioners
A recent brief from MDRC reviews lessons learned from an assessment of College Match, an innovative advising program in Chicago designed to provide... - article | September 24, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
What We Know About Nonacademic Student Supports
A recent report from the Community College Research Center summarizes research on nonacademic student supports such as enhanced advising where stud... - article | September 20, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Baccalaureate Attainment: A National View of the Postsecondary Outcomes of Students Who Transfer from Two-Year to Four-Year Institutions
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center recently released a report examining the role of community colleges in helping students earn a b... -
Broadband and Education
New AmericaAccess to the Internet is increasingly critical to success both inside and outside of the classroom. Students, parents, and teachers across the Uni... - article | September 16, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
The Federal Pell Grant Program: Recent Growth and Policy Options
Betsy Prueter Celia Hartman SimsA recentreport from the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provides analysis for the increased costs in the Pell Grant program since the 2006-07 aca... -
Looking Back at the Financial Crisis
The Role of Saturating Overconfidence
Peter W. AtwaterIt has been five years since the failure of Lehman Brothers and the beginning of the global financial crisis. Over this time, dozens of books have ... -
Creating Financially Capable Youth: Is There an App for That?
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... -
Mobile Money = Youth Financial Access Leapfrogger?
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... -
The Mobile Accelerator Theory of Youth Financial Access: Myth or Miracle?
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... - article | September 06, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
Performance-Based Scholarships: What Have We Learned?
A recently released brief from MDRC shares interim findings from performance-based scholarship (PBS) demonstration sites in six states (Arizona, Ca... -
"Beyond the Buzz" Blog Series to Launch Next Week
Jamie ZimmermanLeading up to the release of the New America's latest Global Assets Project report -- Beyond the Buzz: The Allure and Challenge of Using Mobile Pho... - article | September 03, 2013 | Postsecondary National Policy Institute
2011–12 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:12): Student Financial Aid Estimates for 2011–12
Betsy Prueter Celia Hartman SimsThe U.S. Department of Education recently released a report on how students are financing their college educations using data from its National Pos... -
Measure Twice, Cut Once: What Pilots Can Reveal About Serving YouthSavers
Youthsave ConsortiumAlmost 40,000 youth are now saving in accounts rolled out under the YouthSave project. But before scaling their youth savings accounts, three of ou...