Amy Laitinen's guest appearances

Amy Laitinen

Gov Innovator Podcast

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Radio Higher Ed

Freeman Hrabowski

Jason Johnson

Tina Rosenberg

Peter Bergman

Fred Rogers

David Anderson

Ron Friedman

Robert Gordon

Booz Allen Hamilton

David Robbins

Grant Lichtman

Raj Chetty

Larry Levine

David Evans

Jennifer Williams

OwlTail

Clare McCann

 As the new report “Putting the Experiment Back in the Experimental Sites Initiative” discusses, the U.S. Department of Education’s “Ex Sites” initiative — in place in one form or another since the mid-1980s — is designed to allow the Department to grant flexibility to institutions of higher education to test and evaluate potential federal policy changes, including around federal student aid rules. That gives policymakers the option to “try before you buy” (meaning test out policy changes in pilot form), something that is particularly valuable given that even small changes to student aid policy can affect millions of students. Yet the initiative has been underutilized as a learning tool. The report provides recommendations for fixing that. To learn more, we are joined by two of the co-authors, Amy Laitinen (@amylaitinen1) and Clare McCann (@claremccann), who are respectively the director and deputy director for higher education with the Education Policy program at New America. The post Reforming the federal Experimental Sites initiative to better learn what works in higher ed: An interview with Amy Laitinen and Clare McCann, New America – Episode #162 appeared first on Gov Innovator Podcast.

As the new report “<a href="https://www.newamerica.org/education-policy/policy-papers/putting-experiment-back-experimental-sites-initiative/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Putting the Experiment Back in the Experimental Sites Initiative</a>” discusses, the U.S. Department of Education’s “Ex Sites” initiative — in place in one form or another since the mid-1980s — is designed to allow the Department to grant flexibility to institutions of higher education to test and evaluate potential federal policy changes, including around federal student aid rules. That gives policymakers the option to “try before you buy” (meaning test out policy changes in pilot form), something that is particularly valuable given that even small changes to student aid policy can affect millions of students. Yet the initiative has been underutilized as a learning tool. The report provides recommendations for fixing that. To learn more, we are joined by two of the co-authors, <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/amy-laitinen/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Amy Laitinen</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/amylaitinen1" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@amylaitinen1</a>) and <a href="https://www.newamerica.org/our-people/clare-mccann/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Clare McCann</a> (<a href="https://twitter.com/claremccann" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">@claremccann</a>), who are respectively the director and deputy director for higher education with the Education Policy program at New America. The post <a href="https://govinnovator.com/ex-sites/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reforming the federal Experimental Sites initiative to better learn what works in higher ed: An interview with Amy Laitinen and Clare McCann, New America – Episode #162</a> appeared first on <a href="https://govinnovator.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gov Innovator Podcast</a>.

Reforming the federal Experimental Sites initiative to better learn what works in higher ed: An interview with Amy Laitinen and Clare McCann, New America – Episode #162

Our guest today is passionate about education. That, of course, could be said of any of us working in institutions across the country. Amy Laitinen doesn’t exercise her passion for education in the classroom, however. She fights for quality and transparency in Washington as director for higher education at New America. Today on the show, Amy joins us to share her perspective on policy in higher ed, and the role of policy in fostering innovation and quality. There’s a gap, to be sure, and today we’ll discuss the complex competing factors that impact our ability to close it in our administrative conversations.  About Amy Laitinen Amy Laitinen serves as director for higher education at New America. She’s served as a policy advisor on higher education at both the U.S. Department of Education and the White House. She was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one top ten innovators of 2013 for her work on federal policy and competency-based education. Today, her efforts are focused on crafting federal policies to increase quality and transparency in higher education. Links &amp; Notes  Shifts in Higher Education

Our guest today is passionate about education. That, of course, could be said of any of us working in institutions across the country. Amy Laitinen doesn’t exercise her passion for education in the classroom, however. She fights for quality and transparency in Washington as director for higher education at New America. Today on the show, Amy joins us to share her perspective on policy in higher ed, and the role of policy in fostering innovation and quality. There’s a gap, to be sure, and today we’ll discuss the complex competing factors that impact our ability to close it in our administrative conversations.  About Amy Laitinen Amy Laitinen serves as director for higher education at <a href="http://www.newamerica.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">New America</a>. She’s served as a policy advisor on higher education at both the U.S. Department of Education and the White House. She was named by the Chronicle of Higher Education as one top ten innovators of 2013 for her work on federal policy and competency-based education. Today, her efforts are focused on crafting federal policies to increase quality and transparency in higher education. Links &amp; Notes <ul> <li><a href="https://teibelinc.squarespace.com/s/Shifts-In-HE-1.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shifts in Higher Education</a></li></ul>

New America’s Amy Laitinen on Higher Ed Advocacy, Policy, and the Most Important Constituent