Monthly Archives: April 2014

The New York Times reports on the sad tale of Robert Bowman, a law school graduate whose application for admission to the New York bar was rejected — because he had too much student loan debt and had a history … Continue reading →

We’ve all seen the dismal figures: Kids born today will need an average of nearly a quarter of a million dollars to cover their four years of college education. When we think about saving for our kid’s college education, accounts … Continue reading →

According to BusinessWeek, “In recent months, peer-to-peer lending sites such as Prosper and Virgin Money USA have introduced student loans or started marketing existing offerings to families looking for college funds. Others, including startups GreenNote and Fynanz, are focused exclusively … Continue reading →

Oct. 29 is the federal deadline for U.S. colleges to put “net price calculators” on their websites. These tools are supposed to estimate the actual cost of tuition and room and board for a specific student, based on family finances … Continue reading →

By Bonnie LeeHappy New Year!I don’t know what you did on New Year’s Eve, but we all know what Congress did: they finally hammered down some tax legislation for 2013 and beyond.These last-minutes decisions put the IRS behind when it … Continue reading →

MSNBC.com reports that laid off workers with grim job prospects in their current fields are pursuing culinary education in droves, hoping to land one of the 1.8 million jobs the restaurant industry is expected to add over the next decade.I’m … Continue reading →

Earlier this month, I attended the Financial Bloggers Conference in St. Louis, and while I’ve been working in financial planning since 2007, I’ve been following a few money bloggers for even longer. Along the way, I’ve learned a few things … Continue reading →

With just a few days to go before the election, Senator Barack Obama spent part of his day on Saturday discussing issues important to young voters with MTV: one of the topics was, not surprisingly, student loans. Here’s what he … Continue reading →

The latest data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics shows that 70.1% of 2009′s high school graduates were enrolled in college classes during October of 2009. That was up from 68.6% a year earlier.The typical first reaction to this news … Continue reading →

Alamy Sorry, recent college grads: That mountain of student loan debt you have to scale is going to delay your retirement by more than a decade.That’s the conclusion of an analysis by personal finance site NerdWallet, which looked at the … Continue reading →