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Caring Causes: Student Volunteering on the Rise

Motherhood Moments

Brainly , the leading education and homework help platform, conducted a nationwide survey to better understand students’ views on volunteering. The survey found that students volunteer for reasons beyond enhancing their college applications. Good News: 1 in 3 also find them online too!

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Alternatives to College

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Does the cost of a four year college or university degree scare you? We all have been taught that a college degree is the path to the good life, but is it still – when students are emerging with heavy debt and little chance of a lucrative job? Today’s students pay dearly for that sheepskin. Other jobs.

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Parenting Pointers: Promoting Emotional Readiness for the Workplace

Motherhood Moments

A recent study by the Mary Christie Institute , in partnership with the Healthy Minds Network, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U), and the National Association of Colleges and Employers, asked young graduates (between 22 and 28) about their mental and emotional wellbeing. 43 percent suffered from anxiety.

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Ask LV: How To Dress Youthfully And Appropriately

Cheap Chica's Guide To Style

“I am a 41 year old college student attending college with students a lot younger then I can you suggest a few clothing outfits that age appropriate, however that will allow me to fit in with the younger generation?” ” – Barbara P. Example: Zara. Example: Gap. Example: Anthropologie.

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Cash-Out Refinancing: How It Works, When To Do It

Savings Corner

You can use this money for any purpose, including home remodeling , consolidating higher-interest debt , college tuition and other financial needs. College education: Tapping into home equity to pay for college can make sense if the refinance rate is lower than the rate for a student loan.

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Meet Krista & Jon Who Paid Off $36,000 | Debt Free Stories

Family Balance Sheet

We met in college and currently both feel drawn toward higher education. I (Krista) have always held an aversion to debt and during that 6 month grace period after I graduated I started attacking my student loans. Paying off the first $5,000 in principal, getting one full student loan paid off, getting debt below $10,000.

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Free Audiobook: A Passion For God

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In this thoughtful biography, bestselling author Lyle Dorsett traces Tozer’s life from his humble beginnings as a Pennsylvania farm boy to his heyday as a Chicago pastor–when hundreds of college students would travel to his South Side church to hear him preach and thousands more heard his Sunday broadcasts on WMBI.

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