If you believe the recent blitz of student debt coverage, private student lenders are to blame for the economic woes of recent college graduates. Lending…
According to a new estimate by PPI, Americans under the age of 30 are spending an unprecedented $43.5 billion annually to pay back student loans….
President Obama’s new budget attempts to define a progressive alternative to conservative demands for a politics of austerity. Having just returned from a gathering of…
New PPI research finds young people continued to be squeezed from the labor force in 2012 relative to people age 35 and over. More young…
Does the government have a conflict of interest when it comes to student debt? On one hand, the government fills an important role in providing…
There is an intense debate as to whether the student debt crisis is a bubble or not. The short answer: yes, but it’s more like…
Young educated Americans are finally rejoining the workforce. According to BLS statistics, the labor force participation of Americans age 18-34 with a Bachelor’s or Associate’s…
Fiscal cliff or not, the coming years are certain to bring cuts in public spending on higher education. The looming sequestration threatens to cut $500…
They defied the pundits: young people turned out to vote in numbers that rivaled their 2008 record. An estimated 23 million young people age 18-29…
The latest Census figures show real earnings for young college grads fell again in 2011. This makes the sixth straight year of declining real earnings…