Student loans in this country top over $1 trillion. It is not uncommon to see people graduate from college with $100,000 in student loans hanging around their neck, which won’t get paid for 10, 20, or even 30 years. I think with any type of job training there has to …
When it comes to education costs, there are a myriad of ways to save money. In my article Planning and Paying For College I touched on the usefulness of taking CLEP exams. CLEP exams are simply a test you take to demonstrate you have the knowledge in a subject equivalent to …
Planning and Paying for college is a major undertaking for most families. I believe strongly that further education is important to our success as individuals and as a society. Further education does not necessarily mean a 4 year bachelors degree for a desk job. Mike Rowe of Dirty Jobs fame …
Yesterday I was having a conversation with some of the guys I work with (or was it today, Night shift gets me all turned around.) and we started talking about personal finance education in schools. When I attended High School we had block scheduling, with 4 courses a day for …