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Leadership Brainery publishes thought leadership on graduate education, admissions, state and federal policy, and leadership development. Our writing, across Forbes, Times Higher Education, and Inside Higher Ed, translates experience into insight and action.
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- Times Higher Education
- Inside Higher Ed
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- Boston Bar Association
- Tufts School of Medicine
Forbes
12 pieces
Inside Higher Ed
4 pieces
On the Brainery platform
6 piecesGraduate School Access: Where Are The Prep Providers?
Graduate education is often overlooked in public debates, yet it fuels the professions that communities depend on most. Doctors, lawyers, teachers, therapists, and social workers all emerge from these programs, sustaining the systems that keep society healthy, educated, and functioning.
Graduate Education: Where Is The Data?
Graduate students hold roughly half of all federal student-loan debt, and evidence suggests that even with higher earnings, many face long-term loan debt that offsets the premiums associated with graduate degrees.
4 Things to Consider Before Applying to a Doctorate
Obtaining a PhD is a significant financial and time investment, starting with the costs associated with applying to PhD programs. A typical PhD application costs $100, and students reported applying to an average of six graduate schools, according to a 2021 scientific publication on graduate school admissions.
Justice For All: Alternative Pathways into Law School
Josh Farris traces how legal education narrowed around university-affiliated law schools and argues for credible alternative pathways, including JD-Next, that can expand access to the legal profession.
Students Deserve to Know Where They Can Afford to Attend Graduate School: A New Tool for Prospective Applicants
Josh Farris explains Leadership Brainery's new Loan Cap Explorer tool, which lets students, institutions, and policymakers compare historical graduate borrowing to the new federal loan caps by school and program.
New Graduate Loan Caps Could Widen Access Gaps for First-Generation and Low-Income Students
Josh Farris, writing for FirstGen Forward, examines how the new federal graduate loan caps could widen existing disparities in graduate education access and push disadvantaged students toward riskier private loans.
Press inquiries
Brainery’s leadership is available for interviews on graduate education, postgraduate access, federal student aid policy, HBCUs, and the Ambassador Fellowship model.
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