Here’s some advice from Ellie Kay, America’s family financial expert, geared specifically toward parents about how to help their students graduate from college debt-free. As we all know, student debt is a major problem for recent graduates across the country. Currently the total student loan debt in America exceeds 1 trillion dollars! Some of the worst [...]
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How Students Can Graduate from College Debt Free
By admin on Monday, September 12th, 2011 | 3 Comments
Tweet your way to College!
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, December 7th, 2010 | No Comments
All that practice of stuffing a coherent message using 140 characters or less finally paid off—at $142 per character to be exact. Louisville-based KFC announced a few weeks ago that it was offering a scholarship for the person who could state why they were deserving of the Colonel’s Scholars scholarship in just a single tweet—this [...]
That all-important "money talk"
By Suzanne Shaffer on Monday, October 4th, 2010 | No Comments
It’s never too early to talk to your teens about college costs and what is expected of them once they take that much anticipated journey. If they understand the family’s financial situation and know what they will be expected to contribute towards college costs, they can start planning ahead by working during the summers and [...]
Scholarships: Military dependents
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, April 6th, 2010 | No Comments
Are you or your spouse in the military? Do you have a family member that was a veteran of a foreign war? If so, there are scholarships available in these specific categories. State Provided Education Benefits Educational benefits for families, particularly the children of deceased, MIA, POW, and disabled veterans, may be available in some states. Military.com [...]
Top 10 College Money Sites
By Suzanne Shaffer on Thursday, April 1st, 2010 | No Comments
Every parent frets, stresses and loses sleep over financing their college-bound teen’s college education. The good news is there is help available out there to ease your mind and get you on the right track to preparing for that day when your teen heads off to college. Here’s a list of my Top 10 College [...]
Ford Motor Co. launches new scholarship
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 16th, 2010 | 1 Comment
Ford Motor Company has launched a new scholarship contest on Monday, March 15. Modeled after Ford’s own standard of giving back to the communities in which it works, the two-part scholarship contest is open to high school seniors and current college students enrolled in an accredited U.S. college or university by September 30, 2010. The [...]
Scoring FREE stuff on campus
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, March 10th, 2010 | No Comments
Everybody like freebies. Taking advantage of all the freebies that are given away on campus to college students is a MUST. Teaching your kids to watch for them is all part of being an effective parent college coach.. Why pay for something when it’s available for FREE? By Lauren Joffe for The Real College Guide [...]
Scholarships for Learning Disabled
By Suzanne Shaffer on Tuesday, March 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you have a college-bound teen who is learning disabled, you will be happy to know that there are specific scholarships set aside for these type of students. Start by looking at the Learning Disability Organizations in your home state. Those state specific college scholarships for ADHD will be less competitive than national scholarship programs [...]
Smart ways to live cheaper on campus
By Suzanne Shaffer on Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010 | No Comments
Here’s some great tips to help parents help their college-bound teens save some money when they go off to college. Take notes and start implementing these strategies into their lives BEFORE they leave for college. By David Replogle for The Real College Guide Living on a shoestring budget? Whether your parents float you funds or [...]
