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Your major may explain your debt
May 4, 2012
Commentator Peter Morici sees a link between what we study and what we owe.
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'Be prepared' ... financially
Apr 20, 2012
A new Girl Scout merit badged is aimed at preparing young women for their future with personal finance.
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Teaching kids to be financially literate
Apr 20, 2012
Launched in the aftermath of the riots that tore Los Angeles apart in 1992, Operation Hope has been educating young people about money and its power to elevate us.
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Top universities join forces online
Apr 18, 2012
Five big schools, including Princeton and University of Pennsylvania, will begin offering free classes on the web. It's all part of a new venture backed by Silicon Valley venture capitalists.
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The high cost of the other American Dream, education
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.
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When women are the breadwinners
Apr 13, 2012
Liza Mundy predicts that by the next generation, more women will be breadwinners than men. She examines how this shift may impact dating, marriage and family life in her new book "The Richer Sex."
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A new way to measure college graduation rates
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.
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Educating kids for the factories of the future
Apr 6, 2012
West Chicago magnet prepares students for high-skill manufacturing jobs, and for college
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The economic lives of two blue-collar voters
Mar 20, 2012
They differ on politics, but both see college as a way to help their kids do better than they have.
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Why you should learn how to code
Mar 9, 2012
Commentator Farhad Manjoo says coding will help you keep your job or help you make a case for a raise.
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