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...
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...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: January 3rd, 2016 CONTACT: Sarah Schultz, sarah.schultz@younginvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 [New York] – Today, Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the Excelsior Scholarship program to provide free tuition to roughly 940,000 New York State residents who make less than $125,000 and...
2016 MILLENNIAL MEMO (August 4, 2016) Good Thursday morning! With the Olympic Games set to kick off in Rio this week, the electorate will largely be distracted these next few weeks — focusing their attention on Team USA, not Teams...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: June 15, 2016 Contact: Sarah Schultz, Sarah.Schultz@YoungInvincibles.org, 202-734-6510 WASHINGTON — After the release of a recommendation from the Department of Education’s annual accreditation review to remove the accrediting powers of the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools, Rory...
2016 MILLENNIAL MEMO (June 15, 2016) Hope you all are making it through this tough week okay — I know it’s been a sad one. Please find this week’s edition of Millennial Memo below. Stay in the know by signing...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 13, 2016 CONTACT Nina Smith, Nina.Smith@younginvincibles.org, 301-717-9006 Young Invincibles’ Statement on Department of Education’s Borrower Defense Rule WASHINGTON — Following the release of a draft rule for student borrowers who have fallen victim to predatory for-profit institutions, Young...
Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Attention: Monica Jackson Office of the Executive Secretary 1700 G Street NW Washington, DC 20552 Re: CFPB-2016-0018-0001, Comments on Request for Information Regarding Student Loan Borrower Communications www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=CFPB-2016-0018-0001 Dear Ms. Jackson, Young Invincibles (YI) thanks the...
2016 MILLENNIAL MEMO (June 1, 2016) It’s a quiet week on the Senate front, but yesterday’s release of Trump U recruitment documents is sure to keep the conversation about higher education and student debt in the news cycle this week....
2016 MILLENNIAL MEMO (May 25, 2016) Good Wednesday morning, everyone. With a recent poll showing Libertarian party candidate, former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson (R-NM), surging into double digits in a Clinton versus Trump matchup — meaning we may see him on...