FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 16, 2017 Contacts: Sarah Schultz Trump’s “Skinny” Budget Makes Deep Cuts to Higher Education and Job Programs Today, the Trump Administration released its FY18 “skinny” budget, which deeply harms young adults’ economic security and drastically limits...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 1, 2017 Contact: Sarah Schultz, Sarah.Schultz@YoungInvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 New Report from Young Invincibles: A Blueprint for Higher Education Equity An in-depth look at why race remains a barrier to degree attainment and what we can do to...
In the United States, people of color will become the new majority in education and workforce settings in just three decades. However, systemic barriers and poorly shaped policy have contributed to persistent inequities between racial and ethnic groups from classrooms...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 16, 2017 Contacts: Sarah Schultz Trump’s “Skinny” Budget Makes Deep Cuts to Higher Education and Job Programs Yesterday, Governor Rauner released his Fiscal Year 2018 budget. Erin Steva, Midwest Director of Young Invincibles, released the statement...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 19, 2017 CONTACT: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 [WASHINGTON] — During Tuesday night’s confirmation hearing, Secretary of Education-Designate Betsy DeVos took questions from the members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee on a host of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2017 CONTACT: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 [Washington, D.C.] – The Department of Education announced today that federal student loan borrowers at the defunct American Career Institute in Massachusetts are eligible for automatic group discharge of...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 9, 2016 CONTACT: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 [Washington, D.C.] – Today, the Department of Education released its latest gainful employment data including important information about how well graduates from two-year and four-year career and vocational programs...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 3rd, 2016 CONTACT: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 [New York] – Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Excelsior Scholarship program to provide free tuition to roughly 940,000 New York State residents who make less than $125,000 and...
By Eduardo Samaniego, studying Constitutional Law and Education Policy and is currently Student Trustee at Hampshire College. English/Español This month we celebrate Latinos in the United States and abroad, we celebrate their contributions, their traditions and their culture. Rather than...
English/Español This month we celebrate Latinos in the United States and abroad, we celebrate their contributions, their traditions and their culture. Rather than talking about exquisite food, about the rhythm in our music and dances or the resilience and victories...