Month: August 2021

How Much Should I Borrow and Keep My College Debt Manageable?

$1.8 trillion. That’s what the college debt clock says. And it keeps ticking. America’s World War II generation was frugal. They had lived through the Great Depression and had made do with less. Then they conserved for the war effort. After the war, they took...

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Addressing the Opportunity Gap — It’s What We Do

The achievement gap turns into the opportunity gap, which then turns into the income and wealth gap. College admissions counselors -- or consultants, as they often like to be called, generally don’t do much to address the opportunity gap.  They justify charging...

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