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Presentation: The Debt Escape Plan
Any kind of debt can be a challenge to finances, especially student loan debt.
Social Roundup – 06.14.2015
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How much is skipping class costing you? [infographic]
In the moment, skipping class may not seem like a big deal, but the infograph below reveals some alarming statistics that will make you want to rethink the whole concept of 'playing hookie.' Check out the iontuition™ tool, ionLearn, for all the financial...
I don’t know? Brown University commencement address by senior Michelle Bailhe
What do you do when an eminent scholar says, “I don’t know?” For this graduating college senior and her classmates, the simple acknowledgment of new problems to solve got minds whirring. Below are excerpts of a commencement address on this theme.
Cool Stuff: Commencement quotes to motivate your day
For this week’s blog, Cool Stuff #2, I decided to take the inspirational route. I found four quotes from famous (and maybe not so famous) commencement speeches that really spoke to me. At graduation time, one might find these most inspiring but the truth these words...
Higher Ed: Bridge to the Future [video]
In this TEDx video, Dr. Thomas Pleger, President of Lake Superior State University, rolls out the benefits of public education, how it’s been funded, and raises provocative questions about “the private good versus the public good”. For more information about student...
Eye On School Success: Florida Gulf Coast University
Florida Gulf Coast University is a public university in Fort Myers, Florida. The university is actually quite young; it was established in 1991 when the state Board of Regents recommended that a new state university be established in Southwestern Florida. Now, almost...
Tara’s on a Budget! Live by the 3 R’s: Repair, Refurbish, Reuse
Tara K. shares how she uses the three R’s: refurbish, repair, and reuse, to save money!
Presentation: How to get out of student loan debt
Getting out of student loan debt is actually pretty simple: Keep your payments current and consistent.
Student Loans 101: What IS financial literacy?
The short answer is that financial literacy is the knowledge and understanding of how money works. And it goes beyond just earning it and spending it.