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- 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
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- Calculating College Debt
- For many high school seniors and their parents, the next 12 days are going to be a-g-o-n-i-z-i-n-g. Why? Tuition deposits for thousands of colleges and universities are due on May 1. That's the day that families have to decide if...
- Blog posts 2009-04-19
- Parents Strive to Help Kids Avoid College Debt Trap; Principal Financial Well-Being Index Shows Parents Want to Give More Financial Support Than They Received
- Business Editors DES MOINES, Iowa--BUSINESS WIRE--March 13, 2003 As many parents struggle under the burden of student loan debt, they're also working to make sure their kids don't face the same fate. However, many parents misjudge the amount of money it will take to reach that goal, according...
- Research articles 2003-03-13
- Past college debt stops some students from finishing.
- By Jenna Russell, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 11--When she enrolled at Northeastern University in 1997, Faja Farquharson was the kind of freshman that colleges brag about: a first-generation college student from an immigrant family, in the top 10 ...
- Research articles 2004-10-11
- Monster and Bank of America Promote Smart Money Management Skills Among College Students Nationwide
- Monster's Making It Count "Ultimate Money Skills" program provides students with tips on effective credit card use, budgeting, and taking control of student loan debt
- Research articles 2007-07-02
- 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
- The Expensive Student Loan Trap
- Making its way through Congress (at the usual pace--ketchup coming out of a bottle) is a bill that promises to reform student loans. Called SAFRA for Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, it would eliminate FFELP or Family Federal Education Program loans. (Doncha love the acronyms?) The bill would knock out bank...
- Blog posts 2009-10-08
- What College Aid Officers Won't Tell You
- Searching for college financial aid is tough. But you will increase your family's odds of getting cash once you learn these tightly-guarded secrets financial aid officers. Hint: like so many things in today's tough economy, college aid can sometimes be negotiable... If you were shopping for a refrigerator at Sears...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- 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
- 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
- Borrowing Too Much For College
- When I give examples of mediocre financial aid packages, I tend to use  New York University as Exhibit A. NYU belongs to a small cadre of elite schools that possess endowments of more than $1 billion, but the university's average financial aid package is underwhelming. By the...
- Blog posts 2009-05-03
- 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
- Shrink Your Student Loan Payments Now
- In pursuing a college degree, it's easy to overindulge. I know a young woman, for instance, who graduated from Columbia University a few years ago with a teaching degree and student debt that could crush a chalkboard. Starting on July 1, however, the debt...
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Find the Right Student Loan
- In the weeks leading up to my daughter's high school graduation, student lenders started getting really chummy. The lenders began sending me letters that oozed with the sort of soothing advice that parents crave. Here was the gist of their messages:Â Halleluiah! You can...
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Six Great College Websites
- When I Googled "college," today, I got 681,000,000 hits. If I spent one minute on each of these websites, it would take more than 129 years to visit them all. And by then my great-great-great grandchildren would probably be ready for college. The amount...
- Blog posts 2009-07-16
- Your Real Net Worth
- Moshe Milevsky, a finance professor at York University, talks about how to take care of your most valuable asset — your human capital. According to Milevsky, this involves evaluating your lifetime earning potential and figuring out whether you're more like a stock or a bond…There may be no arithmetic exercise...
- Articles 2009-03-05
- National Conference to Address Medical Student Debt: It's Time to Discuss Real Solutions
- News Advisory: -- National Conference to Address Medical Student Debt: It's Time to Discuss Real Solutions -- More than 80 percent of graduates carry educational debt. -- Almost 29 percent of indebted graduates have debt in excess of $150,000. In order to address these issues, the American Medical Student Association,...
- Research articles 2005-09-20
- Wright State University Student-to-Student Debt Counseling Termed Unique in American Higher Education.
- Byline: Wright State University DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 9 AScribe Newswire -- Students at Wright State University are counseling fellow students on debt problems in a program termed unique in American higher education. The Wright Financial Path started last spring as a pilot...
- Research articles 2003-09-09
- Students Taking Advantage of Historically Low Rates by Consolidating Their Federal Loans with Citibank; Citibank Urges Students to Lock in a Low Rate before July 1, 2006 to Lower Their Payments
- STAMFORD, Conn. -- The Student Loan Corporation, a subsidiary of Citibank N.A., and a leading originator of student loans, is urging all student loan borrowers to consider consolidating their student loans. Citibank wants students to be aware that the interest rates on the loans will increase by 1.84 percentage points...
- Research articles 2006-05-31
- What a College Degree is Worth
- Is a college degree still worth the cost? The average college student graduates with about $21,000 in debt. And what most people don't realize is that figure doesn't include what parents borrow. Regardless of the price, millions of families believe that earning a college...
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
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