Send us Fan Mail A single number now threatens to define whether a program survives: does it deliver an earnings premium over a high school diploma? We sit down with Phil Hill to unpack how federal accountability just shifted from dashboards to consequences, why the current metric is misaligned with how real labor markets work, and what leaders must fix before 2026. We break down the design choices that matter—statewide medians versus sub‑state regions, demographic blind spots, and the absen...