2016 MILLENNIAL MEMO (November 4, 2015) 369 days to go… Happy post-Election Day, Memo readers! I don’t know about you, but I always have that day after Christmas feeling after election night. With the dust still settling after last week’s...
2016 MILLENNIAL MEMO (May 20, 2015) 537 days to go… WELCOME to the inaugural edition of 2016 Millennial Memo, a weekly tipsheet covering all things 2016 and Millennials, with a special focus on issues most concerning young voters and their parents, including reforming America’s...
By Ronald Roach “Enrolling Americans with student loan debt in an automatic Income-Based Repayment system and automating their repayments through employer payroll withholding could substantially simplify the student loan system and lessen the number of loan defaults, contends three higher...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE : March 20, 2014 Contact: Colin Seeberger, colin.seeberger@younginvincibles.org, 214-223-2913 Higher Education Experts Call for Fix to Student Loan Repayment Program to Address Surging Defaults Groups Call for Simplifying the Income Based Repayment Process WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, a consortium of higher...
Originally posted on The Hill’s CongressBlog on November 12, 2013 By Jennifer Mishory The Great Recession ravaged young people more than any recession since WWII. Youth unemployment remains stubbornly high and wages for young workers have fallen. Less educated young...
Inside Higher Ed on October 23, 2012 by Libby Nelson When her first student loan payments came due last year, Suzanne Sublette might have seemed an ideal candidate for a federal program to base her monthly bill on her income. On her...
President Obama announced yesterday two new initiatives to help ease the burden of student loan debt. These initiatives could make student loan debt easier to pay for millions of borrowers and are important steps toward making a college degree more affordable. The...