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Understanding How Federal Stafford Loans Work For College Education Loans

Hank Coleman — Sat, 18 Sep 2010 14:35:15 +0000

College costs are skyrocketing and increasing faster than the current rate of inflation for other products in America. Many college students are turning to the Federal Stafford Loan to help pay for the high price of college nowadays. The student loan is available in two versions: unsubsidized and subsidized. Understanding the differences between the two [...]

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Be Sure To Vote For Your Favorite – Education and Wealth Story

Hank Coleman — Fri, 20 Aug 2010 20:39:28 +0000

What are you thooughts on education and wealth? The guys over at GoBankingRates.com recently posed that question to a group of personal finance bloggers. You can vote for your favorite article between now an September 12th by visiting GoBankingRates.com’s Personal Finance Writing Project page and leaving a comment. You can vote once per day and [...]

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Five Ways To Save Over $30,000 On The Cost Of A College Education

Hank Coleman — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 12:37:02 +0000

The average cost of a 4-year public college is $8,150 per year with in-state tuition and $30,450 per year of tuition and fees at a private college in the United States. These figures do not even account for such as room and board, books, supplies, equipment, and transportation. According to The College Board ®, the [...]

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eCollegeFinder Annouces Its Financial Mentor Award Recipients For College Students

Hank Coleman — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 12:00:27 +0000

Own The Dollar was recently recognized by eCollegeFinder as one of the Top 50 financial resources for college students. The recipients were identified for helping college teach students how to maintain their financial health while enrolled in school. The impressive list of websites and blogs provide an outstanding resource for college students looking to learn [...]

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How To Dig Out Of Student Loan Debt When You Cannot Pay

Hank Coleman — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 12:00:37 +0000

This is a guest post by Caroline Palmer who is an associate attorney at Oak View Law Group. To find out how to guest post on Own The Dollar, check out the site’s guest posting guidelines. With the cost of education rising every year, more and more students face no alternative but to take out loans to get [...]

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The Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey – Baby Step Five Save For Your Children’s College

Hank Coleman — Sat, 08 May 2010 12:00:14 +0000

Once you have made a commitment to get rid of your debt, you can find money for all sorts of other investing goals. You can direct your savings goals towards your children’s education. Ramsey emphasizes in his book, “The Total Money Makeover“, that it is important to save for your children’s college in order to provide [...]

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Attaining an Online Degree May Make More Financial Sense In Today’s Economy

Hank Coleman — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 12:00:00 +0000

This guest post is contributed by Emily Thomas, who writes about top online colleges. She welcomes your questions and comments at emily.thomas31[at]gmail.com. To find out how to guest post on Own The Dollar, check out our guest posting guidelines. Simply because it’s in the stages of relative infancy, the online degree model is often viewed [...]

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Review of Upromise – How To Save and Earn Free Money For College Tuition

Hank Coleman — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:00:26 +0000

Saving for the cost of college has never been easy especially with the average cost of a bachelor’s degree at public college in the US coming in at over $30,000. Another hard choice is where to invest your savings so you can have enough saved in eighteen years to be able to start paying for [...]

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Only 21 States Require High School Students To Take Classes In Personal Finance To Graduate

Hank Coleman — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 21:04:12 +0000

You may remember that I recently said that American teachers are not qualified to teach personal finance to our children in our schools. And, they still aren’t. The article turned out to be one of the most popular postings for Own The Dollar, and it brought about the most comments and the most passionate comments [...]

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You Should Save For Your Retirement First and Your Children’s College Second

Hank Coleman — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:00:13 +0000

Make no mistake about it. You should save for your own retirement first by max out your Roth IRA (if you qualify) or getting your employer’s match to for your 401-k plan before you save a dime for your children’s college education. I know that it is a hard choice to make because everyone want [...]

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