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Tag: Young Invincibles
Opinion
Searching for Joy in Struggle
In January 2014, I found myself sitting among a small group of fellow graduate students at the University of Michigan School of Education. We students seemed nervous, because at the end of the table sat Bob Moses — founder of the Algebra Project, educational justice advocate, and one of the key organizers of the Mississippi Freedom Summer voter registration campaign 50 years prior.
October 22, 2020
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Do Students Need a Bill of Rights?
A coalition of higher education reform organizations, led by Partners for College Affordability and Public Trust, came out with a “Tuition Payer Bill of Rights” last Wednesday, as COVID-19 continues to shut down campus services.
August 17, 2020
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Higher Ed Groups: $14 Billion for Colleges, Universities in Stimulus Package Insufficient
Higher education groups aren’t happy with the $14 billion earmarked for colleges and universities in the $2.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package passed by the Senate late on Wednesday, saying institutions are facing severe cash flow problems and have been hit hard financially due to closures necessitated by the pandemic.
March 26, 2020
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National Campus Leadership Council Appoints New Executive Director
The National Campus Leadership Council (NCLC), which works to strengthen student leadership in higher education, appointed Sarah Schultz as its executive director, citing her as a “talented leader in the higher education nonprofit space.” Most recently, Schultz served as deputy executive director of Young Invincibles, a national research and advocacy organization that works to broaden […]
January 30, 2020
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New Coalition Highlights the Need For Student Voices in Higher Education Policy
Today’s Students Coalition, a group of higher education advocacy organizations born in August, released a set of policy recommendations and held a panel event featuring nontraditional student perspectives. The coalition advocates for policies that expand supports for underrepresented students.
September 29, 2019
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Improvements to FAFSA Eagerly Anticipated
Speaking at the National College Access Network (NCAN) conference earlier this week. Mark A. Brown, COO of Federal Student Aid (FSA), talked about the importance of making college accessible.
September 19, 2019
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Lawmakers Introduce Legislation Cancelling Student Loan Debt
Up to $50,000 in student loan debt will be cancelled for 42 million Americans under a bill introduced Tuesday in the House of Representatives by South Carolina Democrat James E. Clyburn, the majority whip, and in the Senate by presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts. That provision alone in the Student Loan Debt Relief Act […]
July 23, 2019
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Schools Can Drop Rescinded Gainful-Employment Rules Early
Dr. Charlie Eaton at the University of California – Merced and Dr. Marybeth Gasman at the University of Pennsylvania were decrying intimations by the Department of Education that it intended to rescind “gainful employment” rules written to protect post-secondary students from institutions with predatory recruiting practices, subpar graduation rates, meager earnings for graduates and high levels of student loan debt.
July 8, 2019
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Study: Young Americans’ Wages Same As Decade Ago
Adjusted for inflation, young Americans are earning the exact wages their counterparts were paid a decade ago and are feeling left behind economically, according to a study released Tuesday by Young Invincibles.
June 4, 2019
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