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Help Your Kids Save While They're Still in School
1:10PM 11/02/2011
So your resident college student is knee-deep in student loans, tuition, fees and rent payments. But infusing her bank account will sap the funds you have earmarked for your retirement. What's a concerned parent to do? Help her start building up some savings of her own. Here's how:
College Admission Numbers Game Is All About the Money
11:30AM 9/26/2011
You thought it was your kid's SAT score that prevented him from getting admitted to the college of his dreams, but it may have been your credit score. More and more colleges are looking for students who can pay full tuition, and setting the admissions bar higher for those who need financial aid.
As college students head to campus, many of them will discover the perils of credit cards. Here's the story of one student who learned about credit the hard way -- and some tips for managing plastic like a pro.
The Top 10 U.S. Colleges for Financial Aid
12:30PM 8/02/2011
Worried about how to pay for college? The Princeton Review this week released its financial-aid ratings for more than 600 U.S. colleges. Find out which ones came out on top.
College Dropouts Cost Taxpayers Billions
6:56AM 10/11/2010
Students who drop out of school before reaching their sophomore year cost taxpayers billions of dollars, according to new research.
Taxpayers spent more than $9 billion over five years subsidizing students who didn't make it to the second year of four-year degree courses, according to new...
Campus Federal Credit Union helps LSU students get financial footing
7:00AM 8/02/2010
Banking, Student Loans, college finance, Banking, Saving Money
A recent survey by Capital One Bank revealed that "nearly half of all high school seniors polled say they are unsure or uncertain about their ability to manage their banking and personal finances." This is quite alarming considering the fact that they will likely be handling college and...
Money College: Key differences to credit cards, debit cards
8:00AM 3/13/2010
You know how your teachers always say that the "stupid question" you want to ask is probably the same one on everyone else's mind? Well, here's one:
What's the difference between credit cards and debit cards?
Maybe you thought you were the only one who didn't actually know, but that's where you're...
Unemployed after college without health insurance? Here's what to do
10:00AM 1/21/2010
A friend who recently graduated from college explained his problem to me: He doesn't have a job and no longer qualifies for his parents' insurance plans. So now, in addition to the difficulty of making student loan payments without any money, he doesn't have health insurance. Unfortunately, his...
College students spending less on clothing, more on electronics
2:00PM 9/24/2009
Technology, Retail, college finance, Personal Finance, Family Money
College kids are opting to scale back their wardrobes and save their pennies for new gadgets, according to a study in today's WWD.
Students will have spent a projected $13 billion on electronics by the end of this year -- more than twice what they'll likely have spent on clothing and accessories:...
As a college student/financial writer, I'm approached regularly by classmates and friends asking for help with their cover letters for job and internship applications.Most of the advice on these letters is obvious: Proofread, spell-check, try to sound intelligent, avoid cliches, etc. But in a post...
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