Financial Literacy Training May be Best Way to Improve College Graduation Rates According to College Atlas, although 70% of Americans today study at a four-year college, fewer than two-thirds actually finish. Among the more than 600,000 freshmen entering college each year, at least 30% of students will drop out after the first year. And the [...]
Industry Experts Agree: Financial Services Professionals should Pass Background Checks When consumers seek to enlist advice about their personal finances, there are many ways to determine whether a financial professional is a good fit. Educational credentials, professional licenses, and a demonstrated track record certainly are important factors to consider. But a further criterion shouldn’t be [...]
For Youth, Learning about Personal Finance has Immediate Applicability to Life Decisions Recently the National Financial Educators Council asked financial experts to answer the following questions: “Do you feel teaching personal finance to students will benefit them? When compared to core subjects taught in school – mathematics (algebra, geometry), science (biology, chemistry) and social studies [...]
Money Management Coursework should be High School Requirement, Financial Professionals Say Recent research by the National Financial Educators Council revealed that the majority of young adults aged 18-24 claim money management would have been the high school-level coursework that would have benefited their lives the most. Yet few – if any – public schools make [...]
Letter from Vince Shorb - Educator Advocate Teachers are the single most important influence on student success. The qualifications of financial educators have direct impact both on short-term student outcomes and on their long-term financial well-being. Distinguished financial education instructors are not merely dispensers of knowledge; they are learning facilitators [...]
