Tia Caldwell is a senior policy analyst with the education, opportunity, and mobility initiative in New America’s higher education team. She researches how college financing, including student loans, can do more to foster prosperity and economic mobility.
Before joining New America, Caldwell modeled federal spending on student loans, Pell Grants, and other income support programs with a team at the Congressional Budget Office.
Caldwell holds a master’s degree in public policy from the University of Michigan and a bachelor’s degree in economics and political science from Washington University in St. Louis.