By Beatrice Ohene-Okae Policymakers, businesses, institutions, and students share the goal of increasing the college attainment rate for our nation’s students broadly. College enrollment has increased over the last few years, but troublingly gaps in education attainment between white and...
By: Colin Seeberger President Trump ran for office promising to make health care better and more affordable, college debt less of a burden, and help more people find jobs. But the President’s first 100 days in office have done little...
Looking at some of the headlines for the May jobs report, you’d think America’s employment situation is in rough shape. After all, the economy added only 38,000 jobs, the slowest growth since 2010. Some speculated that Fed Chair Janet...
Did you know that more than a third of Millennials are parents? This month, as part of June Dads Month of Action, Young Invincibles is shedding light on the experiences of young fathers. As we continue our celebration of fatherhood...
We know a lot about college: how much schools charge for tuition and fees, how many students they enroll, and what types of programs or majors they offer. We also know a lot about jobs: how many people are unemployed,...
Navigating today’s post-recession job market is daunting for many new graduates. Employers expect entry level hires to come with work experience, which often means taking an unpaid internship (or two, or three) for those lucky enough to be able to...
“As the Administration formally nominates John King, Jr. to be the next Secretary of Education, we look forward to continuing to work with him and the Department to finalize the complaint system, ensure relief for defrauded borrowers, and build upon...
Every Monday, we host a one-hour Q&A on Twitter called Millennial Monday, to address the most pressing economic and civic issues facing our generation. We partner with policy experts from across the country and focus each chat around a particular...
This post originally appeared in PolicyMic. By Rory O’Sullivan co-authored with Tom Allison. The economy added 162,000 jobs in July as the unemployment rate fell from 7.6% in June to 7.4%. The unemployment rate for 18- to 29 year-olds also declined...
By Angela Perry The summer when I was 17, I spent an entire day memorizing the words to R.E.M.’s song It’s The End Of The World, and I’m still able to sing them with some accuracy at late night dive...