Publications - The Century Foundation

Displeased schoolgirl feeling shocked while looking at her bad exam results and her black friend is consoling her.

Commentary Higher Education

How Gutting the U.S. Department of Education Would Hurt Students and Their Families

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Portrait of an elderly Asian woman with a disability sitting in a wheelchair at a table. She is stressed while calculating expenses, holding paper bills, and checking her savings with a piggy bank and tablet. Concept of retirement costs, inflation, and pension management.

Commentary Affordable Futures

No Ramp Out: The Payday Loan Hole of the Disability Community

Young woman doing home finances at home in the morning, while having a breakfast

Commentary Higher Education

As SAVE Ends, Millions of Student Borrowers Could Face Higher Payments and Difficult Choices

Back view of African American teenage girl holding sleeping little sister in arms while babysitting, copy space

Report Care Economy

Care Matters: A 2026 State Report Card on Care Affordability and Access

Neatly Organized Stationery in White Trays on Beige Colored Wood Desk Directly Above View.

Commentary Affordable Futures

As Students Head Back to School, Families Face 11% Price Hikes

A group of secondary school children wearing uniforms wait in line wearing uniforms. They make their food choices in the school cafeteria. Focus is on a young lad reaching up for a tray.

Commentary PK-12 Education

A New Federal Voucher Program Poised to Ramp Up School Segregation

Report Economic Opportunity

Power Failure: Rising Energy Debt Is Climbing into the Middle Class

Commentary Economic Opportunity

No Longer Left Behind by Design: How to Fight the Black Women’s Pay Gap in 2026

Princeton, New Jersey - October 28, 2022: Entrance to Nassau Hall by the dormitories on the campus of the Ivy League university of Princeton. Founded in 1746, the school is known for its engineering, science and humanities programs.

Report Higher Education

State Student Loan Programs: A Private Loan by Any Other Name?

Metal grill tools and an american flag on a red and white checked picnic table

Commentary Affordable Futures

Backyard Barbecue Blues: Many Fourth of July Staples Up 20% this Year

Laughing mother and daughter posing for graduation photos during dinner on restaurant deck

Commentary Higher Education

The Parent PLUS Safety Net Is Gone. Will Families Know Before They Borrow?

Commentary Health Care

Follow the Money: Charting Private Health Insurance Cost Growth

Commentary Health Care

As Healthcare Costs Spiral, a Supermajority of Americans Want Major Reform

Report Century International

Beyond the Axis

Rows of glass vials in a biologics laboratory in Sweden. Photographer: Mikael Sjoberg/Bloomberg

Report Health Care

Skimming: How Complexity Raises Healthcare Costs—And What Government Can Do About It

Report PK-12 Education

Lost Time: Foster Students’ Educational Experience in New York’s Big 4 School Districts and Surrounding Counties

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