Parents: 10 Things to Consider Before Taking Out PLUS Student Loans
One of the great or perhaps unfortunate things about my commute is that I get to tune in for some full-length NPR programming. I especially love Tom Ashbrook’s show On Point. In fact, he seems to be...
View ArticleMy Advice to New College Graduates: Live Like a College Student
The end of the school year is always bittersweet for me. On the one hand, I get to watch several students graduate who I have become close with over the past few years. On the other, my world is much...
View ArticleSo You Want to Take Online Courses?
Over the past few years I have moved about one half of my pedagogy online. Unlike an in-class experience where I feel like I know what I am doing I am constantly doubting myself about my online...
View ArticleThinking About Law School? Rankings Matter
Over the next couple of months I think I am going to write a few blog posts on college education in America. This comes certainly from my perspective, but I have been a college educator for over 2...
View ArticleCollege Students You Need to Pay Attention to Your Finances
A meeting with a student today inspired this blog post. So I was meeting with this student who was wanting to add a 2nd major for her stay at my university. We got to talking and I asked her why did...
View ArticleFor My Students: What am I Supposed to Do?
At my university it is that time of year again: advising. Every semester I have a number of my students who will come into my office, we will talk about the coming semester, they will give me their...
View ArticleBecoming a Finance Instructor
I have blogging on personal finance issues for over 3 years and actively reading personal finance blogs for well-over 4 years. Writing the blog has certainly helped me keep track of my own personal...
View ArticleA Professor’s Advice: College Students You Need an Internship
As I reflect on how this blog has grown over the past three years I think about my own financial journey and I wonder if anyone is reading. Thanks to an article in Rockstar Finance a few months ago my...
View ArticleGuest Post: Ways to Build Your Savings While Studying Abroad
From time to time I will have someone provide a guest post on this blog. Today we have a guest post from Abhyank Srinet who offers some advice that can be really helpful for students who want to study...
View ArticleA Professor’s Advice: Go to Graduate School for Free!
I have been teaching at the collegiate level for almost 20 years. For the past 12 years I have been a full-time professor at a mid-size university in the New England area. Over the past few years I...
View ArticleA Professor’s Advice: How to Pay for College
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. Do you have a child who is going off to college soon? Does the sticker price on...
View ArticleA Professor’s Advice: Getting Degrees Abroad or Out-of-State
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. Last week I offered some tips about paying for college. And there were two I...
View ArticleA Professor’s Advice: Don’t Buy a New Car or Lease
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. It is approaching the end of the semester at my university and it is a time for...
View ArticleWhat Problem Does This Blog Solve?
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. A couple of weeks ago I was listening to the ChooseFI podcast (if you haven’t...
View ArticleSo You Want to Be a Professor?
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. Last week I attended a conference that I really enjoy. It was good to see old...
View ArticleYou Don’t Have to Know What You Want to Do
This post contains affiliate links at NO extra cost to you. Please see the disclaimer for further details. Many universities have already started the school year. My university starts this week and...
View ArticleThree Things for a Successful College Journey
This post contains affiliate links at NO extra cost to you. Please see the disclaimer for further details. For me, the fall is my favorite time of the year. I have never been really a fan of the...
View ArticleYou Don’t Need to Have a Career
The past couple of posts have been really dedicated to my students. I have been thinking them a lot lately as they face a constantly changing job market, the uncertainty of the future with robots, the...
View ArticleI Lost 40K and I am Okay
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. A lot of you probably heard about the market downturn last week. In just over...
View ArticleOlder Parents and Saving for College
*This post contains affiliate links. If you sign up for a product or service this blog will receive a small commission. My life over the past couple of weeks has been fairly busy as you might imagine....
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