{"id":75074,"date":"2023-10-23T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=75074"},"modified":"2023-11-11T23:25:23","modified_gmt":"2023-11-12T04:25:23","slug":"from-wheelock-to-washington","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/magazine\/articles\/2023\/from-wheelock-to-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"From Wheelock to Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin magazine-block-editorial-leadin is-style-side-by-side has-media has-wider has-flip has-box has-media-focus-center-middle has-tertiary-theme\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-scaled.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"President Joe Biden on the left in sunglasses reaching hand out to shake the hands oof Josh Goodman\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-450x600.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-1125x1500.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-1536x2048.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-619x826.jpg 619w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-258x344.jpg 258w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-397x529.jpg 397w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-511x682.jpg 511w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-774x1032.jpg 774w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-991x1321.jpg 991w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-516x688.jpg 516w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-793x1058.jpg 793w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-1023x1364.jpg 1023w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-1239x1652.jpg 1239w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-1548x2064.jpg 1548w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-1981x2642.jpg 1981w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-750x1000.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2023\/10\/IMG_1615-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Community Engagement<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom Wheelock to Washington\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\"><em>Associate professor Joshua Goodman spent a year with the Biden administration\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers<\/em><\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar magazine-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">October 23, 2023<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-comments\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"#comments\" class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter label has-no-comments\"><span class=\"wp-prepress-component-comment-counter-zero\"><span>0<\/span><\/span><\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/bu-author\/joel-brown\/\">Joel Brown<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><strong>Between August 2022 and July 2023, Joshua Goodman was up at 5 am every Tuesday to catch a 7 am flight to Washington, D.C. <\/strong>By 9 am, the associate professor of education and economics was at his desk in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, next door to the White House.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a credit to JetBlue and the D.C. Metro system, which is a little more functional than the MBTA,\u201d says Goodman, who returned home to Cambridge every Thursday evening.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On July 14, Goodman wrapped a yearlong stint as a senior staff economist on the Biden administration\u2019s Council of Economic Advisers, where he lent his expertise on topics such as higher education funding and student debt.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy office window looked out on the White House and the West Wing, which is pretty darn exciting,\u201d he says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1500\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1500x1500.jpg\" alt=\"Joshua Goodman\" class=\"wp-image-56095\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1500x1500.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-826x826.jpg 826w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-344x344.jpg 344w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-529x529.jpg 529w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-682x682.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1032x1032.jpg 1032w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1321x1321.jpg 1321w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-688x688.jpg 688w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1058x1058.jpg 1058w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1364x1364.jpg 1364w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1652x1652.jpg 1652w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1000x1000.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-1200x1200.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-550x550.jpg 550w, https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2020\/07\/Josh-Goodman_27_-710x710.jpg 710w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Goodman and other staff economists crunched the numbers, carefully parsing policies and their projected effects, and advised the council and other administration officials on what they found.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Key projects included reviewing reforms to income-driven repayment of student loans from the federal government. \u201cThe administration put forward a plan to basically make it substantially more protective of low-income borrowers,\u201d says Goodman, who is also affiliated faculty with the Wheelock Educational Policy Center.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Generally, Goodman says, the council economists worked to balance the desire to help student borrowers and the program\u2019s budgetary cost. \u201cWe tried to help the administration understand what the trade-offs are.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Biden administration is also interested in the fact that some school districts are struggling to hire teachers. During his time on the council, Goodman and his colleagues tried to make projections about the future of the teacher workforce.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the concrete benefits, he says, is a much clearer and more comprehensive sense of what the federal government is working on in both higher education and K\u201312 schools. \u201cI think I can speak much more intelligently about a number of federal policies and regulations than I could a year ago, and I hope that will come across to my students.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Between August 2022 and July 2023, Joshua Goodman was up at 5 am every Tuesday to catch a 7 am flight to Washington, D.C. 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