When trying to analyze the student loan debt crisis, one of the first questions often asked is, “Why did these students borrow so much money in the first place?” All too often the only apparent answer is, “Because they could.” Nobody talked to them about...
Discover Student Loans recently released some very interesting results as part of their sixth annual national survey. The findings shed light on the college financing process from the perspective of parents with children planning to go to college. Overall, 83 percent of respondents believe that college...
It is a delicate balancing act for parents to teach their high school and college students about the wise use of credit. Parents may be swamped themselves with a mortgage, car payments, or everyday expenses, and some may still be paying off student loans from...
Parents always want the best for their college students. You would love it if he or she could spend those college years just concentrating on studies, and maybe have a little fun on the side. But what happens when those dreams run up against the...
Parents and their teenagers are accustomed to having never-ending discussions about grades, friends, jobs, curfew times and more. But the one topic that deserves the most attention is probably the one that gets the least time spent on it. Although there is a great public...
There is really nothing better than using other people’s money to pay for school. College scholarships are a wonderful supplement to federal, state and institutional financial aid. In some cases, colleges simply grant scholarships to deserving students based on their FAFSA information as part of...