by Mallika Mitra | Oct 26, 2019 | Personal Finance
Camille Wood is a personal assistant, dog sitter and host at The Second City, a comedy club in Chicago. “During a typical week, I’m doing something for pay pretty much every day,” she said. “I needed the extra money for student loans and city living.” The...
by Evelina Nedlund | Oct 24, 2019 | Personal Finance
After graduating from college in 2007, Mary Koster James of Richmond, Va., could not find a job. With the recession around the corner, she ended up unemployed for five years, during which she racked up credit card debt just to get by. Mrs. James, now 45, has now been...
by Kelly Zegers | Oct 24, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
The Federal Reserve recently cut interest rates, causing banks to knock down yields on savings accounts. If you want to see your savings frow outside of a brick-and-mortar bank, online savings accounts are a good move. Most boast yields well above the national...
by Cristina Corujo-Oruña | Oct 23, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
George Arnaldo a 26-year-old photographer lives month-to-month. He works as a free-lancer in different projects, as well as a part-time barista at Gasoline Alley Coffee. Arnaldo is actively looking for a full-time job in his industry with the purpose of getting a...
by Hannah Miller | Oct 22, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
With the staggering student loan crisis, grad school applicants should make cost their biggest concern when selecting a liberal arts master’s program. Just 12% of students choose their graduate program based on price, yet more than half of them pay for school with...
by Daniel Whateley | Oct 21, 2019 | News, Personal Finance
If the purpose of college is to prepare you for the workforce, shouldn’t its price tag be tied to your ability to get a job? That’s what advocates for income share agreements say. An income share agreement is a form of deferred tuition in which a student pays...
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