Stephen Burd is the editor of Higher Ed Watch, a public policy blog published by the New America Foundation. In this capacity, he leads our award-winning winning coverage of the student loan industry and for-profit higher education. He also helps to shape the foundation's work on higher-education policy and on student financial aid issues, including student loans.

Mr. Burd was previously a senior writer at The Chronicle of Higher Education, where he focused on federal higher-education policy and the inner workings of student loan and financial aid policy. Over a decade and a half, his career at the Chronicle was marked by numerous notable news scoops, and by his success at driving national coverage of student aid issues. Since joining New America, Mr. Burd has received two national reporting awards from the Education Writers Association for his investigative work on the student loan industry. He holds a bachelor's degree in history from Swarthmore College.