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Indiana's 21st Century Scholars program has become a victim of its own success. It promises full college tuition for low-income middle school students who pledge to stay out of trouble, maintain a cumulative 2.0 GPA and graduate from high school. And it works, academically: Participants are more...

Creating your first budget after graduating from college doesn't have to be a strain. As our expert Manisha Thakor shows, managing your cash isn't about the budgeting blues, but following your joy. "When I look back at my career, it is very clear to me that the No. 1 thing I did right financially...

When personal finance author Farnoosh Torabi recently spoke with students at Penn State, her alma mater, a young woman asked for her best advice on the elephant in the room -- student loans. "I said, 'Well let me ask you a question,'" Torabi later recounted. "'Do you know how much you're going to...

When Mia Hubbard of Greensboro, N.C., enters Wake Forest University next fall, she'll receive a little financial boost from the nonprofit support group she joined in seventh grade. For six years, Hubbard has belonged to an adolescent girls' group called College Bound Sisters, which focuses on...

Welcome to WalletPop's series "You've graduated. Now what?" Our bloggers have a wealth of suggestions to help you find you way through that time of amazing transformation, from student to working stiff. Previous: Learn to cook or starve No longer can you spend your days lounging...