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Student Financial Wellness Across the Campus
Helping students gain money-management skills and stay afloat in a crisis is not the role of any one department, as this infographic shows.
Opinion
Every Woman Deserves a Financial Education
With a college education being the first large financial investment for many students, institutions should be responsible for helping students develop financial literacy skills, writes Beth Hwang.
Losing Money on Graduate Degrees
A new report finds that STEM programs and professional degrees often pay off, while those in arts and humanities frequently do not. Many M.B.A. programs also offer a negative return on investment.
Campus Financial Aid Supports Shine in Crisis but Are Otherwise Lackluster
While many students don’t lean in on opportunities to learn more about student loans and other aspects of personal finance, they tend to have high expectations when it comes to getting help during tough times.
Where the Weaknesses Are in Student Financial Wellness
A survey of students’ personal finance realities reveals the need for stronger financial literacy education and support.
House Approves College Transparency Act
It calls for all colleges to release information on student enrollment, persistence, transfer and completion measures for all programs and degree levels.
Monthly Stipends for Students in Need?
A California lawmaker wants to pay thousands of low-income students $500 monthly stipends to help them get by. The idea is modeled after universal basic income programs.
Perceptions of Affordability
High school juniors who believe they can’t afford higher education are about 20 percentage points less likely to attend college within the first three years after high school than peers who don’t think affordability is a barrier.