The elimination of student debt made headlines this year, but there was another less conspicuous change to the way millions of students pay for college that could have a big impact on college access and affordability.
Nudges won’t solve every problem, but they can help solve two hard problems. And that’s reason to be optimistic about their future.
But it’s exhausting when you’re one of the only ones carrying that weight.
A recent pair of articles offer wildly different verdicts on nudges, and show how we urgently need a new kind of debate.
Applied behavioral science is at a critical juncture. Our efforts at this stage will determine whether the field matures in a systematic and stable manner, or grows wildly and erratically.
The solution to your problem has been discovered by someone, somewhere before.