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The high cost of the other American Dream, education
Leah Ingram Apr 13, 2012
Commentator Leah Ingram is facing six years of paying college tuition for her two daughters. She has a suggestion to the government to help middle-class parents like herself.
Letters: Taxes!
Tess Vigeland Apr 13, 2012
Host Tess Vigeland along with Sr. Producer Paddy Hirsch and tax expert Louis Barajas answer listener tax questions and emails.
A new way to measure college graduation rates
Amy Scott Apr 12, 2012
Part-timers, transfers and returning students aren't counted in official graduation rates. A change by the Department of Education could add them to the mix.
SAT and ACT to adopt tougher security standards
Amy Scott Mar 28, 2012
The people who put together the SAT and ACT college entrance exams have announced new security standards in response to a cheating scandal.
Savings and a summer internship
Chris Farrell Mar 19, 2012
I'm a 20-year-old college student studying computer science. I recently accepted a paid internship offer at an investment bank for the summer. After taxes, I will make around $10,000. How should I spend, invest or save this money to best prepare myself for life after college? Zach, Binghamton, NY
Colleges move out of the dorm business
Amy Scott Mar 14, 2012
Students are looking for more luxurious digs and colleges are starting to look to private companies to build them.
Bracing for baby
Tess Vigeland Mar 2, 2012
Kids are expensive! Author Carmen Wong Ulrich discusses the serious financial decisions to-be parents should be thinking about.
College educated adults reaches 30 percent in U.S.
Adriene Hill Feb 24, 2012
The U.S. has reached a major education milestone. For the fist time ever, more than 30 percent of U.S. adults have a college degree. In 1998, less than a quarter of the population had graduated.
College grads reach new high
Amy Scott Feb 24, 2012
For the first time, more than 30 percent of American's have at least a bachelor's, according to the Census Bureau. But there is a growing racial gap between the haves and have nots.
Got a raise. Now what?
Chris Farrell Feb 14, 2012
I'm thirty-seven. My home is paid off but needs repairs. My cars are old but paid for. I recently changed jobs and will be making about $25,000 a year (nearly $8,000 more a year than my old job). My sons (single parent) are sixteen and seventeen. Making more money, should I focus on saving or fixing my house and a new car in preparation for a time when health and limited income will make it hard to do? Paying for college is off the table; they know that. I have about a thousand dollars in credit card debt that I plan to pay off. I plan to have nearly eighty dollars a week or three hundred dollars a month toward these goals. I live off so little, I want this extra to really count. First Name: Charlie, Columbus, GA
