The postsecondary education system is afflicted by a crisis of quality, affordability, and access that belies its increasingly pivotal role in building an equitable and just society.
Income Share Agreements (ISAs) are an alternative to student debt in which students agree to pay a percentage of their income rather than paying principle and interest on a fixed schedule. If students earn less, they pay less than their ISA. If they earn more, they pay more—ISAs adjust with the students’ ability to repay.
The nature of work is changing, and in an era of widening inequality, legacy social safety net programs are inadequate and inefficient. Our society has the resources to raise the standard of living for all people, and the responsibility to find the most just and efficient means. Guaranteed income is a promising option, and JFI is building multiple pilots across the US to generate reliable evidence to support analysis of this and the broader suite of related policies.
Powerful advances in machine learning over the past decade have brought with them explosive growth in the use of computational decision-making tools. These tools have a direct impact on hundreds of millions of lives. Yet they are often opaque, poorly understood, and impossible to hold to account. As algorithmic decision-making systems become increasingly ubiquitous, and our reliance upon them increasingly widespread, it is crucial to develop an understanding of how fairness, justice, and value considerations apply to these tools.
