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Madison Marino Doan

Madison Marino Doan is a policy analyst in the Center for Education Policy at the Heritage Foundation. Her work focuses on higher-education reform, particularly on affordability and accountability. She also writes on K-12 education-choice initiatives. Doan is a visiting fellow with the Maryland Family Institute, where she writes and comments on issues related to education choice, parental rights, and local education. She is also a co-author of Slacking: A Guide to Ivy League Miseducation (Encounter). Before this, she served in multiple roles for U.S. Congressman Brian Babin (TX-36), most recently as legislative correspondent, and managed his religious freedom and values portfolio. She graduated summa cum laude from Lamar University with a double major in economics and finance and has a certificate in humanizing education policy from the Pepperdine School of Public Policy.

Articles by Madison Marino Doan


Measure Microcredential Outcomes

The Higher Learning Commission (HLC), one of the nation’s largest institutional accreditors with more than 1,000 member organizations, recently announced a new endorsement application for short-term-credential providers, including microcredential organizations.…