Understanding the FAFSA
Once you decide you’re going to go to college, the first thing you should do is fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, a form that students fill out to be eligible for federal financial aid....
Once you decide you’re going to go to college, the first thing you should do is fill out the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, a form that students fill out to be eligible for federal financial aid....
“The U.S. Education Department’s gainful-employment rule is one step closer to taking effect. A federal judge on Tuesday rejected a serious legal challenge, brought by the Association of Private Sector Colleges and Universities, to the controversial rule. The lobbying group’s lawsuit was the highest...
2016 Millennial Memo (June 24, 2015) 502 days to go… Happy Wednesday Millennial Memo readers! Here it is — your weekly fix for all things higher education reform and the race for the presidency. If you haven’t already, share Millennial...
While the Great Recession continues to have ripple effects on our entire generation, young African Americans face unemployment rates that are twice that of their white peers. Closing the Race Gap takes an unprecedented look at the driving forces behind...
“IHE examined the proposals and lines stated by presidential candidates Bernie Sanders, Hillary Clinton, and Martin O’Malley, as well as ideas from Elizabeth Warren and Congressional Democrats, Demos and the Progressive Change Campaign Committee, and Young Invincibles. Each one promised...
The Atlantic is out with a piece today — Millennials Still Want to Buy Homes, They Just Don’t Think They Can Afford Them — exploring why first-time homeownership rates are lower today than between 1981 and the Great Recession. The...
“Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass), who has famously declared herself a non-candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, has embraced Debt Free College and spelled out her own plan, which focuses on the debt load at public colleges and universities. Hillary Clinton, who needs to...
“At a forum Wednesday in South Carolina, Hillary Clinton will introduce a proposal that would offer businesses a $1,500 tax credit for every worker hired to a government-rated earn-and-learn apprenticeship. The program, meant to target stubbornly high unemployment rates among young...
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 16, 2015 Contact: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org (WASHINGTON) — Ahead of a Joint Economic Committee hearing on so-called “fair-value accounting,” slated for June 17, Young Invincibles’ Policy Director Jennifer Wang released the following statement: “So-called “fair-value accounting”...