Daily Aid 25: Surveying the economic landscape
Daily Aid 25: Surveying the economic landscape Student Financial Aid News From the Chronicle: The Wal-Mart Foundation, the chain store’s philanthropic arm, announced today a $4.2-million grant to the...
View ArticleDaily Aid 26: How to understand how the economy is really doing
Daily Aid 26: How to understand how the economy is really doing Eye on the Economy I want to do a special today to give you some tools for understanding the market a little better, some things to keep...
View ArticleDoes a college degree matter? It does for employment!
I’d like to call your attention to two charts from the October Bureau of Labor Statistics report. First, this chart. Click on the chart for a larger version. The official October 2008 unemployment rate...
View ArticleDaily Aid 36: The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2 in a Series
The Coming Financial Aid Crisis, Part 2 in a Series In the first part of this discussion on the coming financial aid crisis, we talked about Pell Grant shortfalls and increased demand due to...
View ArticleWhat we must do to save the economy
For several years now I’ve been chronicling the decline of the economy through irresponsible lending and saying that when housing prices stabilize, then and only then will we get a chance to see the...
View ArticleJob search woes
What are you doing for your job search? How are you handling looking for work after college? Here’s a sampling from Twitter: dluberda: Job hunting difficult for graduating college students…great…...
View ArticleDaily Aid 110: Financial Aid Cause and Effect
Daily Aid 110: Financial Aid Cause and Effect Student Financial Aid News From the Chronicle: Increased federal student aid, especially to middle-class families, is contributing to the rising cost of...
View ArticleJob opportunity: Marketing associate
Edvisors is hiring for a marketing associate. Online Marketing Associate * Are you a rising online marketing rock star? * Do you possess the rare mix of a business mind with mad HTML and writing skill?...
View ArticleFAP928: What's ahead for your financial aid future
FAP928: What’s ahead for your financial aid future Download the MP3 file here. Expert Interview In this 25 minute interview with Maria Simos, CEO of e-Forecasting.com, and Dr. Evangelos Simos,...
View ArticleQuestion for you: why does financial literacy fail?
I’ll be speaking on Thursday at the Massachusetts Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators annual conference on the topic of financial literacy, but wanted your take: why do financial...
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