Filed under: College
Here’s a new one: Ithaca College accepted too many students for its new class of freshmen — so to make room on campus, it paid some of them to go away for a year and come back in the next class.
Thirty-one students received as much as $10,000 each to delay college by one year.
Filed under: College, Career, School, Student Loans
I do some tutoring in Spanish and essay writing for high school and community college students, and my heart goes out to them for what they’re facing right now — constant tuition hikes, a scramble to get the student loans and classes they need, and the fear of graduating with a load of debt and no job prospects whatsoever.
Filed under: College, Kids and Money, Career, School
Meghann Reed recently returned to the workforce as an event consultant after a stint as a stay-at-home mom. Although she’d planned to continue caring for her two daughters full-time, family finances pushed her back to work. Like many women, the Corning, N.Y., woman is conflicted about being a working mom and sometimes feels guilty or angry about the thought of leaving her children, Mykaela and Savannah.
Filed under: College
Right now, while high school seniors are being encouraged to work on college applications, 40% of parents should be asking themselves whether their son or daughter is a good risk for college next fall.
That’s right, 40% of parents should be asking whether college is the best next step. Then, the hard part — they should be talking with their sons and daughters about it before investing –or worse, borrowing — college tuition money.
Filed under: Borrowing, College, Recession
The University of California-San Francisco has come up with a creative way to hose its employees who have taken pay cuts and furloughs — loan them their lost wages and charge interest upon repayment.
I recently spoke at a financial literacy event for college students and listened as the speakers — respected financial experts — discussed the necessity of credit and how important it is for young people to build up their FICO scores.
I don’t agree with this. I think it’s dangerously bad advice, and it actually terrifies me that it’s the conventional wisdom propagated in what passes for unbiased financial literacy training for young people.
Filed under: Bargains, College, Technology
Next month Microsoft will release its latest operating system, Windows 7, which has many cool features and is widely considered to be a better operating system than Windows Vista. For most people the upgrade will cost over $100 but students can buy Windows 7 for just $30.
To take advantage of this offer, a savings of $90, you just need to visit Win741.com and follow the steps below to get your discounted copy of Windows 7. The offer is valid until Jan. 3, 2010.
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Filed under: Budgets, College, Shopping, Technology
College kids are opting to scale back their wardrobes and save their pennies for new gadgets, according to a study in today’s WWD.
Filed under: College, Career, Recession, School
Soaring unemployment has plenty of people wondering how to improve their odds in today’s ultra-competitive job market — and do something constructive with all of their extra free time.
Filed under: College, Technology, Fraud, School
As autumn nears, it’s time for college students to think of preparing for exams, coeds, long walks through campus and identity theft.