Earlier this year, the Obama Administration released a
bold new plan for improving the state of higher education in the United States.
Its fiscal year 2010 budget proposal included several items aimed at increasing
postsecondary education enrollment and completion rates, and decreasing the
financial burden that college represents to many lower and middle class
families.
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These proposals include reforming the federal student loan program, expanding
Pell Grants for low-income students, and creating a new College Access and
From climate change to redistricting, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger have teamed up on a number of issues. It's time to add another to the list -- updating the antiquated and misleading way we measure poverty.
It may seem like an odd concern for the Republican duo. But Bloomberg took the lead on the issue last year when conditions in New York City were similar to those California faces today: The economy was down; need was… more
The Bayelsa State Government located in the delta region of
Nigeria awarded Columbia University and the New America Foundation's Global Assets Project a grant to
design and launch a child development account (CDA) pilot, which will test the
impact of matched savings accounts for children in low-income households. This
As we mark the end of the first year of the financial bailout, the
public seems to regard the government's actions with a toxic combination
of rage and confusion. People are pissed off but too bewildered to know
what to do with that anger. The confusion isn't an accident. The
government hasn't exactly been forthcoming about how it's made buckets
of money available to the banking sector. When it does disclose some
information--such as in July's SIGTARP report from the Treasury or the
Federal Reserve's weekly balance… more
I have a confession: I love my huge television. A couple of years ago, thanks to a very large Amazon.com
gift certificate and a very poor grasp of measurements, I adopted a
50-inch plasma. It utterly dominated my tiny living room until I
finally moved, yet even then I loved it. The vivid colors and enormous
crystal-clear picture were a worthy substitute for the cinema. Video
games were even better -- and "Blade Runner" on Blu-ray was sublime. It
ended up being a very costly purchase,… more
"Regulating financial products based on fairness, simplicity, and appropriate risk is an entirely new paradigm," notes Reid Cramer, director of the New America Foundation-Asset Building Program ...
They clearly know something is coming," said Melissa Koide of the New America Foundation, a left-leaning Washington policy group. "It's a very big populist ...
"They clearly know something is coming," said Melissa Koide of the New America Foundation, a left-leaning Washington policy group. "It's a very big populist ...
The purpose of the accounts, says Reid Cramer, director of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation, is to get people invested in their future. ...
Reid Cramer, Director of the Asset Building Program at the New America Foundation in Washington, D.C., who researches the operation of provident funds, says they may be potentially valuable "as a source of national savings, a way to limit dependency on capital from abroad, which in turn leads to economic growth and general prosperity." ... Original Article
