For one thing, college students all across America skirmish on a financial level. First of all most young adults in college do not have enough financial experience to handle a financial environment. Secondly, young adults who are just entering college usually do not have enough financial literacy to partake in constructing financial decisions. Thirdly, and most importantly most college students end college with a colossal detrimental financial debt. Notably, college students are faced with financial responsibility, and they are struggling because they are not experienced in today’s financial environment, they are not educated enough to make independent decisions, and they do not know how to budget living to avoid financial debt. In all honesty,…
Fixing the Student Debt Problem Many people dream of graduating from a good college and starting a career in a field that they both love and that will secure them a well-paying, secure job. Unfortunately, due to the rising cost of college tuition, a large amount of students are unable to pursue this dream without amassing a large amount of loans. Student debt has become almost synonymous with attaining higher education. However, student debt often has a crippling effect on people’s financial…
Statement of Research Problem The purpose of this study is to investigate and analyze financial knowledge and financial behaviors of 21st century Chinese college students in Zhejiang province. Specifically, the study seeks for answers in following questions: 1. What is the source of Chinese college students’ financial knowledge and what are their attitudes towards financial management? 2. What factors might influence the efficiency of Chinese college students’ financial behaviors? To be…
College is a big obstacle for students coming out of high school. College is such an obstacle because not everyone has enough financial support to go through college. Adam Davidson discusses in his article, Is College Tuition Really That High? , that the average student does not receive enough financial aid. Education is one of the most efficient way to become successful and to learn more about the world they live in. College proves difficult for many, but getting a stable job is the goal of…
order to investigate and analyze financial knowledge and financial behaviors of 21st century Chinese college students in Zhejiang province, this research uses a questionnaire to collect relevant data. Based on descriptive analysis and t test, the key findings are as follows. Firstly, a majority of the students receive financial knowledge and information from different kinds of media, which shows that the media has become increasingly influential in conveying information for students. In…
poor for college, too rich for financial aid” (Farrington) , a problem that many middle class families across the country and the world face which is due to the rising college costs and smaller amounts of aid available. In most cases, the problem ends up affecting students and their education. Most financial aid is based on FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid), for national students and ISFAA (International Student Financial Aid Application), for the international students. These…
studies on evaluating people’s financial management, it is easy to find that financial knowledge produces significant effects on the effectiveness of people’s financial behaviors. On the one hand, the level of people’s financial knowledge will affect their financial investment and financial management. Chen and Volpe surveyed 924 college students to examine their financial literacy and the relationship between financial literacy and student’s characteristics. They found that the level of…
“With more than $1 trillion in student loans outstanding in this country, crippling debt is no longer confined to dropouts from for-profit colleges or graduate students who owe on many years of education...” (Martin and Lehren 4). After graduating with an associate’s degree or a bachelor’s degree, many students leave school in thousands of dollars of debt. Is going to college worth the crippling debt afterwards? Many graduates may agree that it is worth the time and money because the experience…
As increasing university fees will leave them broke before it leaves them with an education. The affordability of higher education is increasingly becoming a problem for students financially, and mentally, as it impedes their opportunity to advance their educational, and financial situation, attesting to the fact university education should be free. The burden of fees and loans is indubitably financially overwhelming for students, and their families. As Jeff Lagerquist of Financial Post wrote…
Sometimes FAFSA does not prove enough help for the student to be able to pay for college, so students depend on finding scholarships for a little extra help. At Georgia Gwinnet College the financial aid office shows little to no help when it comes to students asking for help to find scholarships. After talking to students on campus, they also expressed how they have tried to seek help from the financial aid office to find scholarships, but were just turned down and given a piece of paper with…