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Influencer Program Analysts

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Higher Education Thought Leaders

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Professional Degree Associations

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Higher Learning Commission

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State Higher Education Commissions

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I nf l ue n c e r Pr o g ra m

Analysts

Stephen Burd 202-986-2700

Burd@newamerica.net

Media Visibility: High

Stephen Burd is a senior policy analyst with New America’s Education Policy Program. He has published op-eds and articles in publications, such as The Chronicle of Higher Education and The L.A. Times. He also has provided on-air commentary for outlets including The CBS Evening News, NPR, and CNN. Stephen’s writings and commentary are often very critical of the primary author of a recent New America Foundation policy paper titled “Rebalancing Resources and Incentives in Student Aid” where he promoted “strengthening accountability for institutions of higher education to ensure that more students are able to earn affordable, high-quality credentials.”

Kevin Carey 202-986-2701

carey@newamerica.net

Media Visibility: High

Kevin Carey is the director of the Education Policy Program at New America. He writes monthly columns for The Chronicle of Higher Education and The New Republic. He also has provided on-air commentary for outlets such as C-SPAN, CNN, and NPR. Similar to others at the New America Foundation, Kevin is critical of the rising costs of tuition, and his commentary indicates that unless changes are made in the higher education system that college may become only accessible to the wealthy, further increasing the nation’s wealth and skills gap. Kevin affordability associated with online textbooks.

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Analysts

Jason Delisle 202-986-2702

delisle@newamerica.net

Media Visibility: High

Jason Delise is the Director of the Federal Education Budget Project with the New America Foundation. Jason primarily writes briefs on education budgeting and conducts research on federal education funding. His work has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Chronicle of Higher Education and U.S. News and World Report as well as featured on programs such as ABC World News tonight and PBS’ NewsHour. Jason has been very critical loans. Jason argues that the solutions that have been proposed and/or implemented make the student loan system regressive

debtors who need the help more.

Rachel Fishman 202-986-2703

Media Visibility: Moderate

Rachel Fishman is a policy analyst for New America Foundation’s Education Policy Program. Fishman performs research and analysis for New America related to higher nontraditional students. She has written articles that have appeared in publications such as Inside Higher Ed and Washington Monthly. Her articles promote the idea that the best value regarding quality of education and cost.

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Analysts

Alex Holt 202-986-2704

holt@newamerica.net

Media Visibility: Moderate

Alex Holt is a program associate with New America’s Federal Education Budget Project. Alex works on a lot of the same subject matter as Jason Delisle and is named as a second author on a number of policy briefs regarding federal education budgetary policy. His media visibility is lower than many of the others at New America, but his name is quoted as an author of policy briefs in publications such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and The American.

Amy Laitinen 202-986-2705

laitinen@newamerica.net

Media Visibility: High

Amy Laitinen is the Deputy Director of the Education Policy Program for New America Foundation. Amy has been published in The Chronicle of Higher Education and quoted in numerous publications, including Inside Higher Ed, U.S. News & World Report, and The Chronicle of Higher Education. Amy is highly critical of the credit hour as means of measuring college completion and instead promotes systems that measure success based on competency. Amy encourages changing accreditation standards to be more accepting of programs with competency-based curriculum.

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