Jeremy Singer is the President of College Board, which he has led for over a decade. In that role, he oversees the SAT, AP, and other core elements of the U.S. college access ecosystem, and he’s previously had leadership roles at Kaplan and McGraw Hill Education.
Why is Jeremy on Statecraft today? After the failed redesign of FAFSA in 2023, he spent six months at the Department of Education helpin...
The strongest version of this narrative highlights the systemic challenges in modernizing critical government systems like FAFSA. Singer’s account underscores the tension between well-intentioned policy goals and the operational realities of software development. The bipartisan push to simplify FAFSA was laudable, but the execution faltered due to rigid congressional mandates, vendor mismanagement, and a lack of technical expertise within the Department of Education. Singer’s intervention, thoug...