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My friend, Larissa, tells a story about a collections agent who called while she was working at an entry-level job for a non-profit and having a hard time making payments on her student loans. "You can't use your degree if you can't pay for it!" the woman almost shrieked at poor Larissa. Even...

As a new wave of high school students enter the college admissions horse race, here's a bit of advice for their parents: Stop looking at your kid and worrying about why he doesn't seem interested in getting into a top school. Instead, look in the mirror and worry about why you do care so much.

It's taken me 40 years to learn how to tell time. I'm not talking about distinguishing the little hand from the big hand (though anything between 25 after and 25 'till kinda confuses me.). No, what's eluded me is time management. Or perhaps I've eluded it. At the risk of oversharing, I'll mention...

There's data out there showing that, on average, private college graduates don't graduate with that much more debt than public college graduates. But the rosy numbers don't tell the whole story, and what they leave out is costing students and their families tens of thousands of dollars.

Ask anyone you know where the smartest people go to college. Chances are you'll get all the same answers: Harvard, MIT, Yale, etc. But what's smarter than saving $100,000 and getting an education that is just as good, and perhaps even better, than you can get at many top universities?

As if graduating into a sour job market, with record levels of education and credit card debt isn't enough, the Wall Street Journal (subscription required) reports that members of the class of 2009 who do get a job will be cursed by low starting salaries for years to come. Based on past data,...