Kevin Carey, vice president for education policy and knowledge management at New America, notes that lawmakers charged with writing a new Higher Education Act (HEA) face a dilemma. Innovation in the higher-ed marketplace is badly needed to improve student learning and break the relentless cycle of increasing cost that puts college out of reach for…

To inform educators of the changes in federal educational policy taking place under the Reagan administration, this paper includes comments on education made by participants in a legislative conference held in Washington, D.C. during February 1981. An introductory chapter by the editors summarizes the policy changes that can be expected to take…

This compilation of 214 monograph abstracts by 109 researchers and practitioners from the United States and several foreign countries encompasses a broad range of topics in education. The monographs report on regulation and legalization in education, finance and cost models, education and labor markets, educational technology, governance, tuition…