Personal Budgeting

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Tough economy squeezes Pell Grant program

AP News 14 days ago

<div id="subtitle">More head to school, while Pell Grant program faces $18 billion shortfall</div><div><p>An unexpected surge in college enrollment has created an $18 billion shortfall in the Pell Grant program, the biggest in its history.</p><p>An administration official told The Associated ...

Share some financial lessons with these gift ideas

AP News 14 days ago

<div id="subtitle">A gift that teaches a personal finance lesson can have an impact long after the holidays</div><div><p>While others are blowing their holiday budgets, you can set an example and send a message by giving a gift with a focus on personal finance.</p>< ...

Student loan default data highlights for-profits

AP News 14 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Government releases new data on student loan default rates; for-profit schools highlighted</div><div><p>More than one in five borrowers of federal student loans who attend for-profit colleges default within three years of beginning repayment, new figures made available by the U.S. Department of ...

NM AG says settlement with Oppenheimer reached

AP News 14 days ago

<div id="subtitle">New Mexico to receive more than $67M for state's 529 college savings program under settlement</div><div><p>New Mexico Attorney General Gary King says a settlement has been reached with OppenheimerFunds, Inc. to resolve an investigation into the company's management of the state's 529 ...

OppenheimerFunds to pay $77M in Ill. settlement

AP News 15 days ago

<div id="subtitle">OppenheimerFunds to pay $77M to settle investigation into college savings fund</div><div><p>OppenheimerFunds Inc. said Tuesday it will pay the state of Illinois $77 million to settle an investigation into the firm's management of a college savings program.</p><p>Oppenheimer spokeswoman ...

Illinois Settles Lawsuit Over College Savings Fund

consumeraffairs.com 15 days ago

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Company agrees to pay $77 million to eligible college savers&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt; Oppenheimer Funds, Inc., has agreed to settle a suit with the State of Illinois over the company's college savings program.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Attorney General Lisa Madigan and Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias brought ...

Interest up in students learning personal finance

AP News 15 days ago

<div id="subtitle">Avoiding parents' pitfalls: Recession sparks push for students to learn about personal finance</div><div><p>Each day after school, 17-year-old Phyllis Quach goes to a warehouse filled with silk flowers, stuffed animals and other gift items her parents sell through their South Florida wholesale ...

Prepaid tuition program: ItÕs a Ôwin-winÕ

Las Vegas Sun 16 days ago

<div><p> FOR INFORMATION | Go to nevadatreasurer.gov/PrepaidTuition.htm or call the Prepaid Tuition Office at 486-2025.</p><p> Last week, President Barack Obama commented about the need for people to save for college tuition as opposed to throwing money away on, well, other diversions.</p><p> ...

RISING TUITION

AP News 36 days ago

Chart shows average tuition and fees Copyright 2010 AP News

Financial Literacy

AP News 46 days ago

In this Friday, Jan. 8, 2010 photo, a student takes notes at a personal finance course at Miami Springs High School in Miami Springs, Fla. According to the Council for Economic Education, the number of states requiring public schools to offer a ...

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