Expertise: Higher education
Antoinette Flores is the director for Postsecondary Education at American Progress. Her work focuses on improving higher education quality, accountability, equity, and data to ensure all students can access, afford, and complete high-quality degrees. Flores previously worked as an editor at the American Geophysical Union and has interned with the National Council of Higher Education Resources. Originally from Chicago, Flores is a first-generation college graduate and holds a bachelor’s degree from Amherst College and a master’s in public policy from the George Mason University Schar School of Policy and Government.
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| The College Affordability Act Makes Major Improvements to Quality Oversight of Colleges | Center for American Progress | October 25, 2019 |
| Restoring the Promise of Higher Education | Center for American Progress | October 16, 2019 |
| The Unwatched Watchdogs | Center for American Progress | September 19, 2019 |
| 3 Ways DeVos Has Put Students At Risk by Deregulating Education | Center for American Progress | May 30, 2019 |
| How the Trump Administration Is Undoing College Accreditation | Center for American Progress | April 18, 2019 |
| Standing Up for America’s Students | Center for American Progress | March 26, 2019 |
| A Quality Guarantee for Today’s Students: Recommendations to Improve College Accreditation | Center for American Progress | February 15, 2019 |
| The Risks in Betsy DeVos’ Rethink of Higher Education | Center for American Progress | January 9, 2019 |
| Fact Sheet: A Legislative History of the Federal Government’s Reliance on Accreditation | Center for American Progress | November 27, 2018 |
| Fact Sheet: How College Accreditors Miss the Mark on Student Outcomes | Center for American Progress | November 27, 2018 |
| Fact Sheet: What Happens When Accreditors Sanction Colleges | Center for American Progress | November 27, 2018 |
| 4 Ways to Improve Proposed Higher Standards for College Accreditation | Center for American Progress | September 14, 2018 |
| The Department of Education’s Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Borrower Defense Proposal | Center for American Progress | September 7, 2018 |
| The 85 Colleges That Only ACICS Would Accredit | Center for American Progress | July 3, 2018 |
| Accreditors Must Stop Letting Failing Colleges Off the Hook | RealClearEducation | May 8, 2018 |
| How College Accreditors Miss the Mark on Student Outcomes | Center for American Progress | April 25, 2018 |
| ACICS Should Not Regain Its Ability to Grant Access to Federal Financial Aid | Center for American Progress | March 9, 2018 |
| Trump’s Budget Proposes More Than $200 Billion in Cuts to Students | Center for American Progress | February 14, 2018 |
| Trump’s Budget Reveals that He Wants Everyday Americans to Pay for His Tax Cuts for the Wealthy | Center for American Progress | February 12, 2018 |
| A Second Status Update on ACICS Colleges | Center for American Progress | February 6, 2018 |
| Betsy Devos’ Flawed Regulatory Rollback | Center for American Progress | September 26, 2017 |
| House Budget Would Raise Borrowing Costs for the Middle Class | Center for American Progress | July 31, 2017 |
| Accreditation Is Broken. Time to Repair It. | The Chronicle of Higher Education | May 30, 2017 |
| How the Trump Budget Undermines Economic Security for Working Families | Center for American Progress | May 23, 2017 |
| A Reply-All Email Error Reveals Problems in College Transparency | Center for American Progress | May 19, 2017 |
| Trump’s Budget Is a Cynical Attack on College Students | Center for American Progress | May 19, 2017 |
| Congressional Budget Rejects President Trump’s Higher Education Cuts—for Now | Center for American Progress | May 3, 2017 |
| Success Not Guaranteed | U.S. News & World Report | April 26, 2017 |
| Getting What We Pay for on Quality Assurance | Center for American Progress | March 29, 2017 |
| Accreditors Must Prioritize Student Outcomes in Measuring College Quality | Center for American Progress | March 23, 2017 |
| Trump’s Higher Education Budget Robs More Than $5 Billion From Low-Income Students | Center for American Progress | March 17, 2017 |
| The Big Difference Between Women and Men’s Earnings After College | Center for American Progress | September 13, 2016 |
| Watching the Watchdogs | Center for American Progress | June 21, 2016 |
| How lessons from health care and housing could fix higher education affordability | Vox | May 26, 2016 |
| The Case for Federal Higher Education Affordability Standards | Center for American Progress | May 26, 2016 |
| Improving Data to Better Serve Low-Income Students | Center for American Progress | April 26, 2016 |
| Illinois Budget Battle Jeopardizes College Access and Affordability | Center for American Progress | March 17, 2016 |
| New Analysis of College Scorecard Data Shows College Completion on the Rise | Center for American Progress | March 1, 2016 |
| Hooked on Accreditation: A Historical Perspective | Center for American Progress | December 14, 2015 |
| Initial Analysis of College Scorecard Earnings and Repayment Data | Center for American Progress | September 17, 2015 |
| Proposed Student Loan Repayment Plan Would Extend the Same Income-Based Terms to All Federal Loan Borrowers | Center for American Progress | August 18, 2015 |
| Don’t Make These Common Higher Education Mistakes | Center for American Progress | July 13, 2015 |
| Bipartisan Support for Financial Aid Reform | Center for American Progress | May 27, 2015 |
| Improving College Access and Degree Attainment Through an Early Guarantee of Federal Financial Aid | Center for American Progress | May 6, 2015 |
| Undocumented Students Deserve Greater Access to Higher Education | Center for American Progress | March 31, 2015 |
| The Impact of the Great Recession on Public Colleges | Center for American Progress | October 27, 2014 |
| A Great Recession, a Great Retreat | Center for American Progress | October 27, 2014 |
| How Public Universities Can Promote Access and Success for All Students | Center for American Progress | September 9, 2014 |
| Competency-Based Education: Adding Value in the Liberal Arts | Center for American Progress | June 12, 2014 |
