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In today's tough economy, a college degree is even more necessary -- though it's no guarantee of a job. But with tuition costs going through the roof, what's a frugal student to do? Try getting a deep discount on your degree with the help of the local community college.

Electives. We've all padded our college schedules with them from time to time. Somehow, an unusual blow-off class makes a tough one like organic chemistry just a little easier to tolerate. But it's not all fun and games. Are your electives going to help you at all in real life, and how much are you...

Used predominantly as a marketing technique, free products and services come at a cost to the company offering them. Here are eight valuable freebies, what it costs companies to offer the deal and how much the customer actually receives in terms of value.

This is a round-up of the most popular finance links from Tip'd, the social media site for finance, in the past week. This week's stories include a list of Tweeters every money nerd should know, how to get a free major in finance using open courseware, and the skinny on the rumored "world currency"...

I still chortle to myself when I think how I got in on the "ground floor" of Monique Dupre's sustainability-on-a-budget workshop series. I took her two-hour introductory session for only $25, in my friend's packed living room! Ahh, those were the days. Now her workshops, which cover strategies for...