EPC in the Media

In the Media

The Education Policy Center and its staff have been featured in a number of publications, however it’s been their features in the news and a variety of Op-Ed pieces over the years that stands out as it allows the center to extend its reach beyond that of academics, to inform a greater audience of voters on topics and issues that impact their lives and local officials on what really matters. The EPC strives to engage the public through mass media. Find articles featuring the EPC and its staff below, being cited, interviewed and their contributions via research and opinion pieces.


A Progress Report on Broadband Access in Alabama

The Benton Institute for Broadband & Society’s Weekly Digest features the Education Policy Center’s latest "Broadband in Alabama's Black Belt in 2025" in its recap of the biggest broadband story of the week.


Southern Education Foundation and University of Alabama Launch Research Partnership on Higher Education Opportunity in the South

News Coverage

Opinion Pieces

2026

2025

A Progress Report on Broadband Access in Alabama
Benton Institute for Broadband & Society
December 12, 2025
Black Belt lags behind Alabama’s broadband expansion success
Alabama Political Reporter
December 9, 2025
Public Higher Ed Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
Inside Higher Ed
February 25, 2025
Alabama governor pushes K-12 cell phone ban
StateScoop
February 6, 2025

2024

2023

New Research Shows Benefits of Summer Pell
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
March 10, 2023

2022

Report notes strengths, challenges in Alabama’s Black Belt
Alabama Political Reporter
April 26, 2022
Report notes educational attainment gap in Alabama’s Black Belt
Alabama Political Reporter
March 22, 2022

2021

2020

Alabama’s Black Belt lacks quality internet access, report finds
Alabama Political Reporter
October 20, 2020
Alabama’s Black Belt lacks access to health care, report finds
Alabama Political Reporter
October 13, 2020

2025

Expanding broadband access is an Ivey administration success story
By Garrett A. Till
AL.com
December 14, 2025
Alabama’s Black Belt — a region largely ignored
By Garrett A. Till
AL.com
November 2, 2025
Public Higher Ed Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet
By F. King Alexander and Stephen G. Katsinas
Inside Higher Ed
February 25, 2025

2023

The US government must offer match funding for higher education
By F. King Alexander and Stephen G. Katsinas
Times Higher Education
April 20, 2023

2020

Alabama Political Reporter
Alabama’s Economy: Progress and Prospects
By Stephen G. Katsinas and Noel E. Keeney
Alabama Political Reporter
January 29, 2020

2018

Clarion Ledger
On Thad Cochran: A going away gift from the ‘Quiet Persuader’
By Stephen G. Katsinas
Clarion Ledger
March 30, 2018