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4 Reasons to Graduate Debt-Free

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Students now more than ever are graduating into a life of student loan payments, debt, and economic uncertainty. Generation Y are more educated than generations prior, and there is a common notion that a degree is now worth what a high school diploma was once worth. I graduated in 2012 with no loans from my degree. Career Tips'

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Meet a Reader | Karen from the Great Lakes

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For 20 or so years I’ve been homeschooling my kids, and am now down to about 1 1/2 (one full-time homeschooler, and one doing College Credit Plus with some support). Did you ever receive any financial education in school or from your parents? Clark, our cat, the day after we brought him home from the shelter. Not at all.

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Gender Inequality in 2014

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We took Home Economics (translate that to cooking and sewing class) instead of shop. Forbes reported: ”According to new numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2012 full-time employed women earned just 80.9% Where to Find Grants and Scholarships in College Alternatives to Student Loans to Fund Your Education.

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