Recently, House Democrats released their reauthorization proposal for the Higher Education Act (HEA), entitled the Aim Higher Act, that touches on several different aspects of our existing higher education system. Below is a quick explainer about some policy proposals the bill...
Last week, the Washington Post ran an article suggesting young voters will not have a major impact on the upcoming midterm elections. This was based on an analysis of voter registration data that separated people who registered to vote in...
It’s about that time again. Every ten years, the Constitution requires the U.S. Census Bureau to administer a set of questions to every person living in the United States. The Constitution calls for an “actual enumeration,” and does not allow...
On Saturday, April 28, 2018, Young Invincibles (YI) hosted our inaugural State of California Millennials (SOCM) Summit. The summit convened millennials, elected officials, and thought leaders from across California at Cal State Dominguez Hills for a half-day summit dedicated to...
As millions of young people are set to graduate college in the next few months, policymakers and stakeholders wait to see if recent improvements to the FAFSA will translate into more students getting much-needed aid to access and graduate from...
Created in 2007, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program allows for federal student loan forgiveness for teachers, nurses, firefighters, and other critical public and non-profit workers after ten years of on-time monthly payments. Now, the first wave of eligible...
It’s been ten years since Congress updated the Higher Education Act (HEA). A lot has changed in the last decade, including the options available to borrowers to repay their loans. A lot of those changes happened at the administrative level,...
Later today, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to vote on an omnibus spending package to fund the federal government through the end of the fiscal year. If passed, the bill would reinvest in programs that help young people...
Young adults have always been uninsured at rates far exceeding the national average. But contrary to what some may suggest, that’s not because young people don’t want or think they need health insurance; it’s that too many financial barriers have...
When many Americans — and far too many lawmakers — think of a typical college student, the image that often comes to mind is of 18 year-olds who recently turned their tassels at high school graduation. But if you surveyed...