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Initiative Promotes Financial Literacy by Investing in HBCU Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

There is a belief, she says, that people need to be well-established with a six-figure salary to start thinking about investments, but she notes that students can start planning right away. Creating awareness Financial literacy among college-going students has been a concern among many experts.

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Study: Congressional Discussions of Student Loans Avoid Race Almost Entirely

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

But at the highest levels of power, where decisions about student loan policy are made, race is barely discussed at all. “How much money you borrow and then what happens to that debt after you leave school is strongly structured by racial inequality.”

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Why Financial Literacy is the Bedrock of Student Success

Timely MD

Yet, one critical skill is often overlookedfinancial literacy. For students navigating newfound independence, financial understanding can mean the difference between thriving in college and struggling to stay afloat. Financial literacy is more than knowing what a credit card is or how interest rates work.

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Universal Early Learning Coverage is Needed to Combat the School-to-Prison Pipeline

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Unfortunately, this sentiment holds true for far too many children who enter Kindergarten already behind their peers in terms of literacy skills and too many continue to fall further behind by the time they reach the crucial third-grade mark. The significance of third-grade literacy extends beyond academic success. Dr. Marcus A.

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HBCU Students: Redefining Civic Engagement and Demanding to Be Heard

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Empowering HBCU students to reshape the political landscape “I don’t want politicians to be relatable, I want them to be reliable. I don’t care if you have hot sauce in your bag; what are you going to do about student loan debt?”

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Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness

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Blogs Your student loan payments are due: 3 strategies to support community college students’ financial wellness When I think back to my time in college, student loans were something that nearly everyone had, but not something any of us fully understood. Specifically, we weren’t educated on how to repay them.

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Solving Higher Ed’s Toughest Student Success Challenges with Will Ballard

Civitas Learning

Our mission at Civitas Learning is to empower higher education institutions to help students get through school as efficiently and effectively as possible. We can all agree that part of a degree and all of a student loan is not worth it. We can all agree that part of a degree and all of a student loan is not worth it.