FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 13, 2017 CONTACT: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 [Washington, D.C.] – The Department of Education announced today that federal student loan borrowers at the defunct American Career Institute in Massachusetts are eligible for automatic group discharge of...
September 22, 2014 Contacts: Sarah Lovenheim, sarah.lovenheim@younginvincibles.org, 585.746.8281 Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214.223.2913 New Report Calls For Federal Work Study Program Reform To Give More Low-Income Students Career-Driven Experience For The 21st Century [WASHINGTON]–Young Invincibles has released a report called A Federal WorkStudy Reform Agendato Better Serve Low-Income Students. The report finds that the...
July 25, 2013 in Inside Higher Ed by Doug Lederman WASHINGTON — With Republicans voting overwhelmingly in favor, the U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved legislation to link interest rates on student loans to the market, which would cut rates in...
July 24, 2013 in Ahwatukee Foothills News by Jonathan Reid Cronkite For a couple of hours last week, it looked like the Senate would give Alex Miller a chance to relax. Miller, an Arizona State University senior, faces the possibility...
July 24, 2013 in the Huffington Post
July 22, 2013 in Daily Kos Under pressure from the White House, members of Congress are plowing forward with a student loan interest rate “solution” that is bad for students — worse for students in the long run than allowing...
July 22, 2013 in Politico by Libby A. Nelson GOOD MORNING and welcome to the inaugural edition of Morning Education. I’m Libby A. Nelson, an education reporter at POLITICO Pro, and I’ll be greeting you early every morning with the most...
By Tom Allison The Senate is voting on a deal to change interest rates on federal student loans, pegging the rates to the 10-year Treasury note. With market interest rates so low this year, students taking out loans will pay...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: July 24, 2013 CONTACT: Colin Seeberger Colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org 214.223.2913 With Skyrocketing Interest in Years to Come, Senate Passes a Deal Students Can’t Afford [Washington, DC] — Today, the Senate passed a deal, 81 to 18, making permanent changes...
July 18, 2013 in HispanicBusiness.com by Dominik Wurnig Mike Ward’s $60,000 in debt weighs him down. To pay for his degree in conflict resolution at the prestigious Columbia University in New York, he had to take out government loans. Since...