Eddy Conroy is a senior policy manager on the higher education policy team at New America. Conroy's work focuses on policy research and development to improve federal higher education policy on accountability, financial aid, basic needs support for students and ways to improve access to higher education for older students, in particular, college students with kids. Currently Conroy leads and supports work on accreditation issues, parenting students, improving financial aid offers, and regulatory improvements to higher education.
Conroy's expertise on various higher education issues has been featured in The Washington Post, New York Times, ProPublica, CNBC, Inside Higher Ed, Hechinger Report, Higher Ed Dive, Diverse, and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
A former financial aid administrator, Conroy previously held multiple roles at The Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice, UCLA, and Vanguard University of Southern California.
Conroy was fortunate to have attended tuition-free public institutions in Scotland, where he received a master’s in political science and a doctorate in higher education from the University of Glasgow.