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| Blog entries: | "Tips for Applying for Student Aid" Getting your money's worth advises: be careful when filing for student aid. Understand that nearly everyone, regardless of circumstances, is eligible for aid from the $8,000 plus program.... Themes: Higher Education, Finance
| | Interviews: | Larry Chiagouris - Ph.D., Author, THE SECRET TO GETTING A JOB AFTER COLLEGE Getting a college degree is no longer a guarantee to a successful career. The approach to job hunting for a graduate by Dr. Larry Chiagouris is that of a coach. College years are good years. But the anxiety of finding a job, let alone, starting a career path is high on soon-to-graduate college students and on their parents, too. Dr. Chiagouris discusses how he coaches kids to use marketing tactics to turn degrees into dollars with Judith West on Getting Your Money's Worth. Themes: Job Search, Networking, Higher Education
| Raymond D. Loewe - CLU, ChFc; Founder, College Money If you're worried about paying for college, listen to Raymond Loewe on Getting Your Money with Judith West. College lending has changed. Credit checks are much more stringent and college earning accounts are down. Making matters worse, college endowment account are down, thus less financial aid. But Loewe tells us that just about any student -- regardless of status -- can get aid. And, by the way, if your students don't need financial aid, encourage them to apply to stretch schools. Themes: Higher Education, Finance
| James A. Boyle - President, College Parents of America If these economic times teach anything, it's: Financial Responsibility. Who teaches it? Not banks, not government, and not schools. Who should be teaching how to make informed and responsiblie financial decisions? Parents. View James Boyle, Founder of college Parents, of America, on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. It will start you on the path to empowering your teen-agers to be successful, responsible young adults. Themes: Higher Education, Finance
| Joe Bagnoli - Associate Provost for Enrollment and Academic Services, Berea College Is college tuition breaking the bank in your household? Are you a graduate still paying off your loans? There is a college in the U.S. where you can graduate debt-free. It's called Berea and is located in the Appalachian region of central Kentucky. You can go to Berea with nothing but what you can carry and graduate debt-free. Joseph Bagnoli, Associate Provost for Enrollment, calls it "the best education money can't buy". Who can go, how is it financed? Find out by listening to Bagnoli on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Education, Higher Education
| Kal Chany - Founder/President, Campus Consultants; Author, PAYING FOR COLLEGE WITHOUT GOING BROKE Tuition at New York University and Columbia is over $50,000. Tuition at CUNY, $4,000. Should you or your kid incur an additional quarter of a million dollars for a college degree? How much financial aid is your son or daughter going to get? Kal Chany breaks it down on Getting Your Money's Worth with Judith West. Themes: Higher Education
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