Testimony: The Islamic State – A Persistent Threat
Though the challenges to American interests in the Middle East could hardly be more complex or interrelated, I will attempt to focus sharply
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Babson Beats Harvard in Better College Rating System
Kevin Carey discusses the merits of Money magazine’s college ranking system, which includes an increasingly important factor 鈥 affordabilit...
New Report Highlights the Business Case for Youth Savings
CGAP released a report that examines the business considerations for financial service providers offering savings products to young people.
Special Education Law in Need of an Overhaul
Clare McCann writes that lawmakers have constructed a formula that creates significant disparities in federal special education funding.
Surveillance Costs: The NSA鈥檚 Impact on the Economy, Internet Freedom, and Cybersecurity
As a new version of the USA FREEDOM Act surveillance reform bill is expected to be introduced in the Senate this week, the debate about the
What’s in the Department’s Competency-Based Experimental Site Notice?
Results from the eagerly anticipated study on competency based testing.
The New Workforce Bill, Adult Learners, and Pathways to Higher Education: Things Just Got a Little Easier
The Workforce Investment Act of 1998 (WIA) was finally reauthorized on Tuesday, July 22nd.
Chasing the College Dream in Hard Economic Times
Chasing the College Dream in Hard Economic Times
A new report published by ACT examines the financial burdens placed on families in funding their children鈥檚 college education, particularly
Leftover Women
After the 1949 revolution, Chairman Mao famously proclaimed that women hold up half the sky. Since then, the sky has been turning darker.