Filed under: College, Family Money, School
Break out the duct tape, fire up the glue guns and get the sewing machine out of the closet, it’s prom season! Crafty, college-bound prom goers can win serious scholarship dollars for designing dream dresses and tuxedos — no fairy godmother required.
Filed under: Debt, Credit Cards
We told you about the debt collection hassles endured by people shouldering a large amount of credit-card debt. Then we invited debt collectors to tell their side of the story. Both sides had a lot to say about just what goes on in the debt collection industry, but one assertion — by the head of a collections industry trade group — that debt collectors were courteous and professional raised many eyebrows. Many of you vociferously disagreed with this in the comments section.
As it turns out, government watchdogs agree with you. A new report has led to the Federal Trade Commission stepping up its enforcement of debt-collection abuses.
Filed under: Insurance, Health, Insurance – Health Insurance
Californians who get their individual health insurance from Anthem Blue Cross, the largest insurer for individuals who don’t have access to group health insurance in California, got notice of increases in their premiums of as much as 39% on March 1. This is the second year in a row for many who faced an increase of 41% last year.
Filed under: College, Family Money, School
Looking to send someone off to college next fall? Hurry, time’s running out to apply for a $2,500 Upromise Scholarship. Due by February 15, applications are being accepted for 2010-11 scholarships aimed at assisting 100 undergrads with financial need.
Filed under: Credit, Debt, Shopping, Credit Cards
You may never know when it happens, but lenders may begin guessing your income before they approve your credit application when the new Credit CARD Act takes effect on February 22.
Filed under: Debt, Real Estate, Investing
The house sits behind an upholstery shop on the corner, and while I’m too young to know for sure, I’ll bet the upholstery shop has thrived since the streetcar ran down Gladstone Street in the 1950s. The house, like mine, was built in the first few decades of the 20th century. An old grande dame, she is, brilliant with leaded glass windows and gingerbread detailing and a formal dining room and built-ins that must have had the real estate agents in a tizzy four years ago when the market was so hot she was flipped twice in a season, sold last for $417,000 — nearly three times what we’d paid for our house, a block away, in 2002.
The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell this week, noting with little fanfare (subscription required) that the college degrees we’re told are a ticket to wealth and happiness aren’t all they’ve been cracked up to be.
The College Board, a glorified trade group representing the interests of colleges and universities, has long touted an $800,000 lifetime earnings advantage for college grads. Now other researchers, armed with more rigorous data, are suggesting that the lifetime earnings advantage of college may be less — a lot less. Mark Schneider of the American Institutes for Research calculated that the lifetime earnings advantage of a college degree is just $279,893.
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Filed under: Banks, Debt, Real Estate, Mortgages, Refinancing
An investigation by the nonprofit journalism operation, ProPublica, raises intriguing questions about reasons desperate homeowners are being turned away for the very government program aimed at helping them.
The Wall Street Journal dropped a bombshell this week, noting with little fanfare (subscription required) that the college degrees we’re told are a ticket to wealth and happiness aren’t all they’ve been cracked up to be.
The College Board, a glorified trade group representing the interests of colleges and universities, has long touted an $800,000 lifetime earnings advantage for college grads. Now other researchers, armed with more rigorous data, are suggesting that the lifetime earnings advantage of college may be less — a lot less. Mark Schneider of the American Institutes for Research calculated that the lifetime earnings advantage of a college degree is just $279,893.
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Filed under: College, Technology
In a word — Yes. Thanks to a combination of factors, Scitable, both the science website and the platform itself, has the potential to change the way students learn and, more importantly to students; how much they have to pay for access to up-to-date, credible, high-quality information.
Continue reading Scitable: Can this free website shake up the textbook industry?