Students’ and families’ difficulty affording college remains the most significant barrier in their pursuit of higher education. Affordability is a concern for all kinds of students, including the young adults who go directly out of high school. But the cost...
Washington, DC – Today, the Washington Post reported that Secretary Betsy DeVos has formally decided to reinstate the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools (ACICS) as a federally recognized accreditor. Consequently, schools accredited by ACICS will be eligible to...
New Research from Young Invincibles Shows Importance of Online Search In College Search Process for Working Adults and First-Generation Students Searching for a college is not easy, and finding a “best-fit” college can be seemingly impossible for many students, especially...
“There are a lot of well-intentioned, thoughtful efforts to improve college search. It’s not clear that different interests are aware of and learning from each other’s work.” (Participant attribution) This sentiment rang strongly at Young Invincibles’ Transforming College Search convening...
Read the full literature review here. For students without access to traditional college support infrastructure – like college-educated family members, school counselors, and community mentors – finding the best-fit institution is daunting. These students receive college information primarily through channels...
Washington, DC – Earlier today, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the U.S. Department of Education must reinstate the 2016 borrower defense rule, effective at noon today. The borrower defense rule created a clear process for misled or defrauded...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 6, 2018 Contact: Sarah Schultz sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org | 202-734-6510 Washington, DC – Moments ago, the United States Senate voted to confirm the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to serve as the next Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Over...
There’s a certain kind of energy in the air when fall comes around, especially if you’re a high school senior. It was an exciting time for me as I can imagine it is for you– the prospect of freedom, the...
Federal Court Rules Department of Education Illegally Stripped Protections from Student Borrowers Washington, DC – Yesterday, U.S. District Judge Randolph Moss ruled that the U.S. Department of Education acted illegally when it suspended the Obama-era borrower defense rule. That rule...
One Year Later: DREAMers Still in Limbo Washington, D.C. – One year ago today, the Trump administration launched its first attack on the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program, a program that since 2012 has allowed more than 800,000...