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The Best Values in Colleges – 2012 Edition

Written by Nickel - 6 Comments

Do you have kids that are nearing college age? If so, you might be interested in this… It’s Princeton Review’s list of the best value colleges for 2012.
Schools are ranked on quality of undergraduate academics, costs to attend (including room and board), and financial aid availability. The key to ranking high is thus to provide [...]

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Published on February 9th, 2012 - 6 Comments
Filed under: Education
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Income-Based Repayment Plans for Student Loans

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No one can argue that college costs have become exorbitant. Even during the recent recession, schools continued increasing tuition. Student loan repayments are thus taking even longer to pay off, as college graduates are having trouble finding a decent job, or any job at all.
Amidst this gloom and doom, there is some positive news. President [...]

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Published on February 2nd, 2012 - Leave a Comment
Filed under: Debt Reduction, Education
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Back-to-School Shopping on a Budget

Written by Lisa White - 2 Comments

To many, the holidays are a time of big spending and blown budgets. But to millions of households with children, mine included, back to school shopping can also wreak havoc on our finances.
Between the trendy clothes, new shoes, and endless amount of school supplies, it is not difficult to put a noticeably big dent in [...]

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Published on August 30th, 2011 - 2 Comments
Filed under: Consumer, Education, Frugality
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Seven Clever Ways to Pay for Your Kids’ College

Written by Ed Avis - 5 Comments

If you have little kids, you probably see college expenses as some distant cloud hardly deserving attention. But as your kids age, that cloud gets closer, darker, and larger, until suddenly you realize it’s a raging storm that threatens to wreck your personal finances. The sooner you start dealing with the likelihood of that storm, [...]

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Published on August 25th, 2011 - 5 Comments
Filed under: Education
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Robbery in the First Degree

Written by Jeffrey Steele - 10 Comments

It was once considered gospel that, for most families, college educations were the second largest expenses they would ever assume, right after buying a home.
But the way college costs are rising (and home values are decreasing), I’m not sure college educations haven’t graduated into first place. Of course, a funny thing happened on the way [...]

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Published on August 4th, 2011 - 10 Comments
Filed under: Education, Working
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Religious Schools – Good or Bad Idea?

Written by Neal Frankle - 21 Comments

I recently met with new clients who happen to be religious people. The couple is very nice. In fact, they are wonderful people. But they struggle financially. Why? Do they have lousy jobs? Nope. They are great earners. Are they big spenders. Not really. They live very frugally except for the one item – a [...]

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Published on July 14th, 2011 - 21 Comments
Filed under: Education
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Sharing Bad Financial News With Kids

Written by Neal Frankle - 6 Comments

If you are like most people I know, you go through financial ups and downs. When this happens, do you talk about it with the kids or pretend nothing is wrong? If you decide to share it with your children, how? And how much do you share? I faced this dilemma a few years ago.
I’ve [...]

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Published on June 30th, 2011 - 6 Comments
Filed under: Education, Planning, Self Employment
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College as an Investment

Written by Nickel - 11 Comments

We’ve talked in the past about how much your college degree is worth. Given the current economic environment, especially as it relates to employment opportunities (or lack thereof), I’d be willing to bet that many recent graduates are second guessing their decision to lay out the money required for a college degree.
According to a recent [...]

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Published on June 29th, 2011 - 11 Comments
Filed under: Education, Saving & Investing
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Do You Use Upromise?

Written by Nickel - 13 Comments

Over the weekend I checked in on our Upromise account. In case you’re not familiar with Upromise, it’s a free service that allows you to earn money toward college by shopping online, buying groceries, dining out, etc.
Here’s how it works:
First, you need to create an account. From there, you have a variety of options. The [...]

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Published on June 6th, 2011 - 13 Comments
Filed under: Education, Online, Saving & Investing
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What’s Your College Degree Worth?

Written by Nickel - 15 Comments

Earlier this week, I ran across a study from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce. The primary goal of this study was to estimate the economic value of various college majors, and the results were quite interesting.
One of the big takeaways from this study is that college graduates can expect to earn [...]

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Published on June 3rd, 2011 - 15 Comments
Filed under: Education
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