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- College Kids and Credit Cards: What Every Parent Needs to Know
- The plastic providers have one more chance to lure in college students before next year's law prevents them. Here's how to make your kid "card smart." The era of “No Student Left Behind: Credit Card Edition” will come to an end early next year, thanks to the new credit...
- Articles 2009-09-10
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- Backpack? U-Haul! College students' school supplies list can be endless.(Neighbor)
- Byline: Chris Freiberg Daily Herald Staff Writer Pack an elementary school kid's backpack with some pens, pencils, folders and paper, and he's good to go for the rest of the year. But getting a college kid ready for classes? ...
- Research articles 2005-08-10
- Time Management In College
- When you hear the term "Time management," what comes to mind? Probably busy executives or harried small business owners. Or maybe soccer moms with a van full of kids? Quite possibly all of the above come to mind. This paper explains some practical suggestions to help the college kid succeed.
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Boomerang Kids? How to Kick Your Kid Out of the Nest
- So much for the empty nest. More and more adult children, unable to support themselves in a tough economy, are showing up on mom and dad?s doorstep. Here?s how to minimize the financial drain and emotional strain, while helping your children get back on their feet ? and out the...
- Articles 2009-10-12
- Scoring a College Athletic Scholarship
- College athletic scholarships are less generous and harder-to-get than you think. Consider the Long Odds Goal: Be realistic about where your kid can play college sports. ...
- Articles 2009-06-02
- Four Crazy Facts About College That Could Save You Money
- It's what you don't know about college that can kill you financially. If you've got a couple of minutes to spare, you could save yourself a lot of money by reading to the end of this post. If you aren't a LeBron James clone, forget about...
- Blog posts 2009-07-28
- Stuff My Dad Says ... About Living With His Boomerang Kid
- The author of the popular [Stuff]MyDadSays feed on Twitter — an adult child living at home — shares a few tips for parents on how to get along with their kids who have returned to the roost. Among them: Set clear rules on expected behavior, make them do chores, and,...
- Articles 2009-10-12
- San Jose Mercury News, Calif., Silicon Valley Dispatches Column.(Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News)
- Nov. 16--FIRM GETS PAID TO PUSH WEB SITES TO THE BRINK: When it comes to 3Com's Web-based worldwide poll, think of the Santa Clara company as a college kid who's invited several million people over to party. Nov. 16--FIRM GETS PAID TO PUSH WEB...
- Research articles 2000-11-16
- Crash Course on College Aid
- The more you know about how colleges on your child's list dole out financial aid, the better your chances of receiving some. You'll want to do a few calculations and a little detective work. And don't be afraid to have a conversation with each school's loan office... The first rule...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- Six Ways to Pick an Independent College Counselor
- The independent college counselors, who charge as much for their services as a Mercedes Benz before its driven off the lot, give the rest of the profession a bad name. How could any college counselor's advice possibly be worth $30,000 or $40,000? While celebrity counselors attract...
- Blog posts 2009-05-22
- Finding the Right College at the Right Price
- Welcome to The College Solution. I am a veteran financial journalist, the mother of two teenagers, and the author of The College Solution: A Guide for Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price. Facing the scary prospects of paying for two bachelor's degrees,...
- Blog posts 2009-03-16
- The Crackdown on Student Credit Cards
- During the start of every school year, credit-card marketers have shown up on college campuses loaded with bling. Their goal has always been to entice college students to sign up for a credit card by offering them a free pizza, towel or a flimsy t-shirt made in some Third World...
- Blog posts 2009-05-25
- The Myth About College Scholarships
- Have you nagged your teenager yet about finding college scholarships? You've probably heard that billions of dollars in college scholarships go unclaimed every year. Or maybe it's hundreds of millions. Whatever the number is, you just know that a ton of money is out there waiting for...
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- How to Pay Your Kid's Tuition with an Athletic Scholarship
- To wrangle financial aid, you'll have to start early. Every year, thousands of former kinder kickers and pee-wee running backs get big-league tuition breaks or favored admissions at colleges their grades alone would never qualify them for. Why not yours? After all, you've spent obscene amounts...
- Articles 2009-06-02
- Shop till you drop, then send your kid to college.
- UPromise brings marketing ploy to college savings plans When it comes to socking away money for a child's college education, many parents have to beg, borrow or steal. Soon, shopping will be an option. ...
- Research articles 2001-04-02
- New permanent status boosts 529 college savings plan
- The situation often turned awkward when certified financial planner Bryan Lee would explain state-sponsored 529 college savings plans to his clients with children. After recommending that the client invest, he'd carefully add the caveat that 529 plan assets might no longer be tax-free at the end of 2010...
- Research articles 2006-09-18
- Students: why bother studying? - need for higher standards for financial aid to college students
- CAN'T AFFORD to send your kid to college? Want to get a college loan or outright tuition grant? Your offspring has no high school diploma or equivalency degree? No problem. See the U.S. Department of Education. They give lots of loans and grants to people like this. Until recently,...
- Research articles 1994-11-01
- How to Invest for College - investment strategy for parents - includes related article
- Parents of newborns have all heard variations of this depressing little factoid: Four years of tuition at a public college should cost about $96,000 in 18 years. Put $5 a day into a cookie jar for all 18 years, and you'll have saved a little more than one-third of...
- Research articles 1999-03-01
- The Best Places to Find College Cash
- Private college scholarships are overrated. Sure it would be nice to win a private scholarship, but the big money comes from colleges themselves which tend to dispense merit awards like Tic Tacs. You're more likely to shrink the cost of college if you search for schools that...
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- East Palo Alto High grads head to college By Nicole Neroulias
- MENLO PARK SONIA JIMENEZ never thought she would need a heavy winter coat. Four years ago, she hadn't even heard of Smith College, the prestigious New England women's school she will attend this fall on full scholarship. Back then, as an East Palo Alto High...
- Research articles 2005-06-15
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