Kevin Carey
Freelance Writer
Kevin Carey is the vice president for Education Policy and knowledge management at New America and directs the Education Policy program. He previously worked as the policy director at the nonprofit Education Sector and as an analyst at the Education Trust and the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities. He has also worked for the Indiana Senate Finance Committee and as Indiana’s assistant state budget director.
His book, The End of College: Creating the Future of Learning and the University of Everywhere, was published by Riverhead in 2015. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post Magazine, Time, Wired, The New Republic, Highline, Slate, Chronicle of Higher Education, and other publications. He also edits the annual Washington Monthly college guide.
Latest articles by Kevin Carey
In his latest move, Trump is attacking the people who have helped bail out American higher education.
Paying for school could become a lot more difficult — on multiple levels.
Why rich schools aren’t tapping their fortunes to push back against the administration.
Biden has a Plan B for student debt. Will it survive the Supreme Court?
There’s still time to help student debtors before loan repayment begins — but it means changing course.
The Supreme Court just effectively ended colleges’ ability to consider race in admissions. Here’s what could happen next.
The confusing future of standardized testing, explained.
The population of college-age Americans is about to crash. It will change higher education forever.
What the president’s plan to forgive up to $20,000 in debt could mean for you.
What one study can — and can’t — tell us about education policy.