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The Top Cybersecurity Jobs
In the cybersecurity sector, college students and recent graduates can find a job that comes with high earnings and tremendous income and growth potential. This is a rapidly growing sector that is estimated to increase by 37 percent through 2022 in the United States alone. Unfortunately, according to the SANS Institute (SANS), an esteemed cybersecurity… Read More
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Everything You Need to Know to Manage Your Navient Student Loans
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have Navient as your loan servicer, make sure that you know where you stand in terms of your Navient student loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot… Read More
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College Admission Scheme Busted
An indictment in Massachusetts, which was unsealed today, reads like a Hollywood mobster movie. There are rich, unscrupulous parents desperate to place their children in prestigious schools, fixers and university athletic coaches. And like many mobster movies, it ends with the wise guys being hauled away in handcuffs and charged under the Racketeer Influenced and… Read More
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Everything You Need to Know About Grad PLUS Loan
A Grad PLUS loan is a federal student loan that’s available only to eligible graduate and professional students. It is issued by the U.S. Department of Education through the William D. Ford Federal Direct Loan Program (Direct Loan), and is a subset of the Direct PLUS loans. Grad PLUS loans, like other federal student loans,… Read More
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What is a Stafford Loan?
A Stafford Loan is a federal student loan made and guaranteed by the U.S. Department of Education. Named in honor of Vermont Senator Robert Stafford for his contribution to higher education, Stafford Loans are available to eligible undergraduate, graduate and professional students. Stafford loans are currently available only through the William D. Ford Federal Direct… Read More
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What is a Parent PLUS Loan? All You Need to Know
The price of a college education in the United States has increased across the board over the past 30 years. Between the 1992-93 and 2022-23 academic years, the average published tuition and fee prices have risen, in 2022 dollars, as follows: Type of Institution 1992-23 Price 2022-23 Price Public two-year colleges $2,340 $3,860 Public four-year… Read More
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What Are Federal Student Loans?
When it comes to college education in the United States, the numbers are astounding (and not in a good way). The total student debt has reached a high of $1.7 trillion, with the average undergrad borrowing about $30,000. Unfortunately, most students do not know how to manage their student debt successfully because they haven’t been… Read More
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How to Manage EdFinancial Student Loans
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have EdFinancial Services as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot… Read More
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Are Private Student Loans Right For You?
College education in the United States is getting more and more expensive, and students are borrowing more than ever to pay for their education. Student debt has reached a high of $1.6 trillion, with the average undergrad borrowing about $30,000. Unfortunately, most students do not know how to manage their student debt successfully because they… Read More
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How to Manage Your Great Lakes Student Loans
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have Great Lakes Educational Loan Services, Inc. as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put… Read More
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How to Manage Federal Student Loans With MOHELA
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have MOHELA as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot forward… Read More
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What You Need to Know to Manage Your FedLoan Account
If you’ve taken out federal student loans to finance your education (like I did) and you have FedLoan Servicing as your loan servicer, you need to take stock of where you stand with respect to your loans and learn about your repayment options. This is critical if you want to put your best “financial” foot… Read More
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Study Compares Excessive Social Media Use to Drug Addiction
Social media has taken the world by storm, making it so easy for people to stay connected. Facebook, alone, had 1.49 billion daily active users on average in September 2018. Snapchat had 186 million daily active users as of third quarter 2018. Instagram has more than 500 million daily active users worldwide. The use of… Read More
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How Chinese Food Can Help Friends, Strangers Cooperate
Chinese food is one of America’s favorite foods. But did you know that having Chinese food even with strangers can boost cooperation and help with negotiations? This is because sharing a plate of food, as is customary in Chinese, Indian and other cultures, leads to better collaboration and therefore faster resolutions, a new study finds.… Read More
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Coffee or Tea? That Depends on Your DNA
Are you a coffee lover? Or, do you prefer tea? Whether you favor one or the other is a function of your genes, according to a new study by QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Australia and the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine. The study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, shows that an… Read More
