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REPORT: Key Questions on President's Education 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.”
 

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Plan Can Ease College Debt Load; Pay As You Earn Repayment Option Now ... | Jackson Sun

April 8, 2013

Affordable higher education advocacy experts Jason Delisle, with New America Foundation, and Lauren Asher, with the Institute for College Access and Success, said the Pay As You Earn initiative offers borrowers a “light at the end of the tunnel.” ...

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Medical Student Seeks To Lower Loan Debt | Usa Today

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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One Medical Student's Remedy For Lowering Loan Debt | Desmoinesregister.com

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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ADVISORY: Expert to Testify to Congress Wednesday on Student Loans

March 12, 2013

Washington, DC — Jason Delisle, director of the New America Foundation’s Federal Education Budget Project, will testify before the U.S.

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AVAILABILITY: Education Experts Available to Discuss Proposals Made in State of the Union

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, context, and explanation of issues the president noted in his speech.
 

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No Pell Shortfall For 2014 | Inside Higher Ed

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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How to Fix the Federal Student Aid System | The American Prospect

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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Experts Available: How Budget Battles Will Affect Federal Education Programs

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.
 

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Prominent Think Tank Calls for Tripling the Funding for Congressman Fattah's GEAR UP College Readiness Program | The Herald Online

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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