Kim Dancy is a research associate at the Institute for Higher Education Policy and was formerly a senior policy analyst with the Education Policy program at New America. She worked with the Higher Education Initiative, where she conducted original research and data analysis on higher education issues, including federal funding for education programs, quality assurance, and consumer protection, and provides general data and analytic support.
Prior to joining New America, Dancy worked for the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, where her work focused on the use of competency-based education in career and technical fields, as well as the alignment of educational programs with labor market needs. Kim holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Michigan, and a master's degree in public policy from Georgetown University.