FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 14, 2015 Contacts: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org (Washington) — The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), the U.S. Department of Education, and the U.S. Department of the Treasury are jointly working to identify initiatives to...
By Daniela Villarreal (Florida State University, 2016) The job-training program, known as Federal Work Study (FWS), is supposed to help college and university students like me to build foundational skills in our fields of study. Unfortunately, the program, which began...
By Guadalupe Triana (Lewis and Clark College, 2016) Not too long ago I was celebrating the end of the semester and waiting for my 21st birthday. Right now, I’m concerned with getting things right before my senior year and making...
“Internships are supposed to open doors. But what happens when they are only accessible to those who can afford to work for free? Maxwell Love, president of the United States Student Association, and other student advocacy groups worry that the...
2016 MILLENNIAL MEMO (July 8, 2015) 488 days to go… Welcome back, Millennial Memo readers. I hope you all had a wonderful holiday and were able to enjoy a little time off with family and friends. 62. No, that not...
“Last week, the Department of Education walked back from its plans to develop a comprehensive college ratings system. In its place, the department plans to release ‘easy-to-use tools that will provide students with more data than ever before to compare college costs and outcomes.'”...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 1, 2015 Contact: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org (Washington) — The Department of Education’s gainful employment rule — that was finalized in October 2014 — went into effect today. Rory O’Sullivan, Young Invincibles’ Deputy Director and lead student...
“The Obama administration will begin penalizing colleges that do not prepare students to find jobs in their chosen career paths after graduation. The Education Department’s controversial ‘gainful employment’ regulations went into effect Wednesday. The rules target for-profit colleges and universities that do not adequately...
“On Wednesday, the Obama administration will begin choking off the financial lifeline of for-profit colleges whose graduates can’t find well-paying jobs — and the move is likely to accelerate a wave of shutdowns for an industry taking assaults from all...
2016 Millennial Memo (July 1, 2015) 495 days to go… Good morning, patriots! Before you get your Independence and inner-Joey Chestnut on, check out this week’s Millennial Memo for all things 2016 and student debt. Be sure to share Millennial...