By Joseph Lawler “President Obama presented an ambitious agenda to promote access to higher education in his State of the Union address Tuesday night, tying the rising cost of college into his larger theme of middle-class fortune. Obama proposed to...
By John D. McKinnon and Kristina Peterson “A White House proposal to trim tax benefits of popular college-savings accounts is stirring opposition in Congress, and complicating negotiations over efforts to streamline education tax breaks. The proposal, part of a tax...
By Danielle Douglas-Gabriel “In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, president Obama is proposing to simplify the jumbled system of education tax credits to make college more affordable. The White House estimates that the plan could provide students up to...
By Scott Jaschik “The White House Saturday announced a series of tax proposals that would raise taxes on financial institutions and wealthy individuals, simplify education tax credits and pay for his plan for free community college education. Many details were not...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 17, 2015 CONTACTS: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org Young Invincibles Executive Director Jen Mishory released the following statement in response to President Obama’s proposal this evening: “We support President Obama’s plan to simplify higher education...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 15, 2015 Contacts: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913 Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org, 585.746.8281 Young Invincibles’ Statement on Irresponsible House Budget’s Cuts to Community Colleges TX House Budget Would Cut Public Community College Funding by 4.5 Percent [HOUSTON]–José Eduardo Sánchez, Acting Southern Director of...
By Ronald Roach “With President Obama calling for state-based funding to help support the free community college tuition program he has recently proposed, states can be expected to face new scrutiny over declining funding that state higher education systems have...
Young Invincibles’ California Policy Analyst Jerrel Peterson speaks with KCRA in Sacramento at the Cash for College call-in center for families to discuss the options available to help pay for college. Watch the interview here.
By Sarah Lovenheim The freshman class of Congress is bringing age diversity to the halls of Capitol Hill, along with – we hope – a genuine desire to represent the Millennial generation! Six years after the Great Recession, 18 to...
By Melissa Scholke “Every break, as I try to escape the University’s enclosed sphere of academia, I’m reminded — after approximately a seven-hour drive and a family discussion — of the extent to which education is firmly entwined with my...