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Registered Rep.
September 27, 2010
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College In Four Years, Not Six Before a teenager falls in love with any colleges be sure to check their graduation rates. It could save your clients tens of thousands of dollars. |
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For-Profit College Grads Also Earn a Life of Debt The schools leave students more indebted than conventional colleges |
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Borrowing Trouble When conversations about college affordability take place, planners may be able to introduce some realities into the discussion. |
Job Journal
January 20, 2008 |
Accelerate your Earning Potential If your New Year's resolutions to earn more money and advance your career are unfulfilled year after year, it's time to take action to improve your attractiveness to employers, both current and potential. Here's how. |
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August 26, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
School's (Not) Out Parents often assume that their children are going to finish their degrees in four years. Most of the time, it doesn't happen. |
The Motley Fool
May 28, 2009
Liz Peek |
Will Uncle Sam Change For-Profit Schools' Rules? For-profit educators could face greater government intervention. |
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Brian Stoffel |
Don't Go Anywhere Near This Stock Just because Apollo Group's stock is down doesn't mean it can't drop further. |
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Invest In Your Kids In the end, the economic payoff from having a college degree is too big to pass up -- even if your kids are too busy partying to realize it. Of course, for most people, college education isn't free. |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
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College Crunch Advisors should start asking clients where their kids may want to attend college when the kids are high school freshmen or even in middle school, says Mazareas. There's a lot to talk about. |
Registered Rep.
March 19, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The Risks of Independence When parents realize that they haven't saved nearly enough money for college, some of them start wondering how their college-bound teenagers could qualify as independent students. |
Registered Rep.
September 16, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The Real Costs of College A net price calculator allows clients to look beyond sticker prices to focus on the only price that matters to a mom and dad: the price they'll pay for their child to attend college. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010 |
Making the Grade...with an Online Degree With nearly 200 universities and colleges now offering Web-based classes, online education programs have come of age. |
T.H.E. Journal
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Scott Aronowitz |
Video Game Prepares Texas District for State Test Austin Independent School District in Texas is expanding the use of the DimensionM educational video games to seven middle schools and 15 charter schools. |
Registered Rep.
March 18, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Getting the Most Bang for Your Tuition Bucks Many students and parents don't have the resources to benchmark colleges against one another, but the government has unveiled an online College Scorecard, which will allow families to compare schools based on simple criteria. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
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Paying for the Old College Try Advice for small-business owners on how to finance your kids' college educations. |
Registered Rep.
August 20, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
When Dream Schools Become a Nightmare Many parents will go to great lengths to send to their children to their dream schools, but it's not always the best financial decision. |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2011
Liz O'Shaughnessy |
Negotiating through the Maze of College Costs One of the biggest mistakes that families with college-bound teenagers make is looking in the wrong places for college cash. |
Reason
July 2009
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The Graduates Charter school success |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn |
College Panic Many of your clients with teenage children may be feeling the college panic about now. They are looking at diminished net worths and an uncertain job market and economy |
T.H.E. Journal
February 2009
Charlene O'Hanlon |
Credit Recovery Software: the New Summer School Districts are using online programs to get at-risk students back on track to graduation. |
BusinessWeek
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Daniel Golden |
For-Profit Colleges Target the Military Online universities are raking in millions by signing up soldiers as students. But how valuable is the education they're delivering? |
Reason
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Lisa Snell |
How Schools Cheat From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging test scores, educators are lying to the American public. |
T.H.E. Journal
January 2009
Rama Ramaswami |
A World of Hurt : Latin America Massive socioeconomic problems have left Latin American education in a dire condition, and decades behind the rest of the globe in integrating technology into teaching and learning. |
The Motley Fool
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Brian Stoffel |
Shame of a Nation A New York Times article ironically shows how far we still have to go. |
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Was I Completely Wrong About For-Profit Education? Our analyst takes a second look at the industry's ability to disrupt. |
T.H.E. Journal
August 26, 2009
David Nagel |
Federal Grants Aim To Boost STEM Equity The United States Department of Education announced about $6.3 million in grants to programs aimed at bringing underrepresented groups into STEM careers and pursuing advanced degrees. |
National Defense
January 2016
Stew Magnuson |
More Learning, Less Testing to Boost STEM The defense and aerospace workers of the 21st century will need more than expertise in STEM fields. They will need to be creative, critical thinkers, and they will need to know how to work in teams to solve problems. |
Job Journal
December 13, 2009
Lauren Baumbauer |
Could Your Career Use a Little Class? Expand your knowledge while broadening your network and your horizons. |
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January 11, 2009 |
The Course of Your Career Jobs may be hard to find, but opportunities to improve your job skills are not. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 29, 2009
David Nagel |
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T.H.E. Journal
July 2006
Geoffrey H. Fletcher |
Using Technology to Maintain Competitiveness: How to Get Our Groove Back As China and India threaten the supremacy of the US economy, our best hope for keeping pace is putting ed tech funding to use to galvanize education. |
Fast Company
December 2009
Anya Kamenetz |
For-Profit Colleges and the Student-Loan-Default Gap The Government Accountability Office reported in September that students at for-profits are much more likely to default on student loans. |
Investment Advisor
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Megan Malone |
The New School Today's financial planning graduates bring more than just an education. |
National Defense
May 2013
Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Industry, Academia, Government Grapple With Dwindling STEM Workforce The problems associated with a weak STEM applicant pool can threaten national security, some experts have said. In response, industry, academia and the government have funneled millions of dollars into STEM-education initiatives. But the numbers aren't budging. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How to Handle Overblown College Fears It's only natural that your clients dread the approach of this milestone, but as they prepare for it, you can help minimize their stress level. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 1, 2009
Scott Aronowitz |
Online Learning Provider Launches Virtual School Exclusively for Diploma Completion Online education provider Advanced Academics has launched a program to help high school drop-outs get their diploma. |
Registered Rep.
June 20, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Don't Hide the Disability While it isn't highly publicized, many colleges have resources for children with learning disabilities. |
Fast Company
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Anya Kamenetz |
Tech Giants and Public Schools Embrace Vo-Tech Tech giants are teaming up with public schools to give kids a path to science jobs. |
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The Evolution of the MBA What business schools are doing to better prepare your future employees. |
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September 22, 2013 |
Capitalize on New Skills More Quickly with New Programs in Online Education If you don't have the time or money to go back to school you can complete many free online education courses just by watching 10-minute video clips. Take 5 minutes to learn more about the amazing improvements in virtual classrooms. |
T.H.E. Journal
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Christine Fox |
More Than Machines Comprehensive technology integration programs go beyond laptop initiatives to provide teachers with the support they need to improve student engagement and achievement. |
IndustryWeek
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High Unemployment and Few Qualified Candidates? It's a Teachable Moment Bayer MaterialScience's efforts to promote STEM education are elementary - and much more. |
The Motley Fool
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Registered Rep.
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Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
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Financial Advisor
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Ray Fazzi |
Raising The Bar More schools offer degree programs in finanical planning while academic standards for CFP licensees rise. |
National Defense
November 2009 |
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AskMen.com
May 2, 2013
Dani Babb |
Adult Students It's important to know how to weed out the good from the bad, and find the best school for your needs. |
BusinessWeek
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Burt Helm |
Ethnic Marketing: McDonald's Is Lovin' It McDonald's is increasingly taking its marketing cues from minority groups, which it considers to be trendsetters for white America. |
