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Author Archives: Stephen Burd

Stephen Burd is a senior policy analyst in the Education Policy Program at the New America Foundation, a non-partisan public policy institute in Washington, DC. He is on his second stint at New America, following a brief stop at Education Sector, an education think tank in DC, where he also served as a senior policy analyst. At New America, he has helped shape the foundation’s work on higher education policy and on student financial aid issues. He is the author of two volumes of “Undermining Pell,” which examines how colleges’ pursuit of prestige and revenue is hurting low-income students. Burd has received multiple national reporting awards from the Education Writers Association for his coverage of federal higher education policy and his investigative work on the student loan industry. He has also published articles and op-eds in The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, and Washington Monthly, and provided expert commentary for media outlets including America Public Media’s Marketplace, the CBS Evening News, CNN, C-SPAN, and National Public Radio. Before coming to New America in 2007, Burd worked for 15 years as a reporter and senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he primarily reported on student aid policy and the inner-workings of the U.S. Department of Education. Burd holds a bachelor’s degree in history from Swarthmore College. He lives with his wife and daughters in Silver Spring, Md.

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Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Washington University’s plan to enroll more low-income students moves forward

by Stephen Burd October 21, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Meet the financial-aid program that requires colleges to supplement, not supplant, federal aid

by Stephen Burd October 7, 2015April 8, 2021
This Nov. 14, 2014, photo, shows Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., holding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Obama administration takes big step in simplifying financial-aid application process

by Stephen Burd September 23, 2015April 8, 2021
This Nov. 14, 2014, photo, shows Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., holding the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, during an interview on Capitol Hill in Washington.
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Why Sen. Lamar Alexander is wrong about college affordability

by Stephen Burd September 9, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

The real reason that colleges go ‘test-optional’

by Stephen Burd August 26, 2015April 8, 2021
Syracuse University Chancellor Nancy Cantor talks to reporters in 2011.
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Against the tide: Chancellor Cantor stands out among higher-ed leaders for commitment to socioeconomic diversity

by Stephen Burd July 29, 2015April 8, 2021
Light from the setting sun reflects off a building in downtown Newark, N.J.
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

The weakest link in Newark’s efforts to raise college completion rates

by Stephen Burd July 15, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

One struggling city’s bold effort to increase its number of college graduates

by Stephen Burd July 1, 2015March 30, 2020
Posted inColumnists, For-Profit Colleges, Higher Education, Universities, Inc.

The perils of enrolling in for-profit colleges

by Stephen Burd June 17, 2015April 8, 2021
Posted inColumnists, Higher Education

Changing the incentives for colleges to enroll and graduate low-income students

by Stephen Burd June 3, 2015April 8, 2021

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