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Alternatives to Student Loans to Fund Your Education

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

I wasn’t able to get student loans, which now I see as a blessing. Once I started taking action to pay for school through methods other than taking out student loans, I realized it wasn’t that difficult. Many students think that they can’t work, because school takes up a lot of their time. Career Tips'

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Parenting Pointers - What Parents Can Do to Protect Their Children on Social Media

Motherhood Moments

Student wellbeing activist David Magee couldn’t agree more. If they are old enough, encourage them to get a part-time job. Help them get involved in an extracurricular activity or with a volunteer organization so they can meet new people and have in-person interactions. Learn more at www.daviddmagee.com. Thanks for reading!

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What Should I Look for in a Business School?

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

For those who can’t afford to drop everything, however, a part-time degree program might be a better fit. While these take somewhat longer to complete, classes are usually scheduled for weekends or evenings, allowing students to continue working, earning a living, and advancing their careers in other ways.

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Find out How Acadia & Her Husband Paid off $97,000 in Student Loans

Family Balance Sheet

My husband works as an architect and I teach art part time at my son’s school. All of our debt was $97,000 in student loan debt. We are no longer tied down to a mortgage and student loan debt. We strive to be a pretty active family. My husband commutes by bike and is a runner. How much debt did you pay off?

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Graduates – Use Summer to Learn How to Avoid College Fail Points

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

By now you should know where you plan to attend school in the fall, but do you know whether or not actual for real employers will come to that campus to recruit students getting a degree in your chosen area? Time to find out. Look especially for on campus recruiting and online job portals the college may offer to help place students.

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Randstad Inspiring Experts Contest

Saving Cents With Sense

Are you a student or a working professional looking to impact the world through your career? For many of you moms who are working part-time, full-time, homeschooling, volunteering, etc. The top student vote getter will receive a $10,000 scholarship. If so, then you’ll want to check out this contest from Randstad.

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How to Graduate College Without Being Broke

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

The same kind of over thinking tends to infect financial advice, as well, especially when it’s doled out to college students who are desperate to come up with ways to make a few extra bucks between studying for exams and balancing their social lives. Eat right and exercise, and you’ll be fine. Happily, that’s not the case.

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