Archive | Finances
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Students who don’t fill out FAFSA might miss out
Almost a third of families may have missed out on federal financial aid by not submitting a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), according to a national study from Sallie Mae and Gallup. The FAFSA is the means for applying for financial aid from the federal, state and college levels.
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Teetering on a tower of debt
When Adrienne Reyes graduated from U. Toledo two years ago, she was more than $23,000 in debt. Her degree may be in pharmaceutical sciences, an otherwise lucrative degree, but Reyes found she needed to attend graduate school in order to achieve her career goals.
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Betting on grades results in real−life payoff for students
If you're so sure you'll ace that class, why not bet on it? That's the principle behind Ultrinsic.com, a recently formed website that allows students to put their money where their mouths are when it comes to academic achievement.
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Professors encourage wealthy to donate tax cuts
Frustrated by Congress’ Dec. 17 extension of Bush-era tax cuts across all income brackets, three Cornell and Yale professors created a new website, GiveItBackForJobs.org, to urge wealthy Americans to give their tax cuts to charities promoting social welfare and economic equality.
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Freegans salvage food dumpster diving
Among the annual dumpster divers, the treasure hunters and the homeless people, there are "freegans." Freegans, a term that combines free and vegan, dumpster dive for food, though not always because they need to, but to make a political statement about the wastefulness of society.
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Simplify your student loan debt
In 2009, the average student graduating from a four-year private university left school with over $27,000 in student loan debt. There are very few ways to get out of actually paying off student loans, including joining the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps, some teaching programs, or the military, or by dying.
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Column: Are you credit wise?
What comes to mind for most students graduating high school when they first hear about the U. Miami? I know that I imagined a school with beach parties, fashion, sunshine and tanning in between classes. When I got here, I realized there was a lot more that the University had to offer.
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Editorial: Wringing the Pell
Those who watched Democrats and Republicans in Congress agree last month to extend $858 billion worth of Bush-era tax cuts for another two years could be forgiven for thinking that the federal government is flush with cash. Unfortunately, the recent murmuring on Capitol Hill about cuts of up to $5.
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Column: The do’s and don’ts of social media networking on and off the job
When applying for jobs, chances are most employers will search for you via the Internet. Here are some tips to help ensure that what they find is positive and perhaps give you an opportunity to market yourself in ways that a résumé can’t.
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