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    arts degree typically increases a student’s earning capacity by about $300,000 (in today’s dollars) over his or her working life. That is simply an average. But as with just about any other investment, results aren’t guaranteed. Much depends on the student, of course, but colleges also vary widely in their outcomes. An analysis by the salary comparison site PayScale. com found that the alumni of some poor-performing private and public colleges earned so little that they would have done better,…

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    (The suggestions given are not even limited to credit card debt – they could also refer to student and car loans with a few modifications.) Because swiping a credit card involves less work than counting (and more importantly, parting with) cold, hard cash, a person armed with a credit card arguably spends more. A person’s lazy System…

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    matters: education. By focusing on “their own growth, privileges, and salaries”, universities are raising tuition costs to unreasonable prices, making it near impossible for many individuals to go to school (McMurtry, 166). He claims students are forced to become “debt-slaves” in order to attain their right to an education in todays economy (McMurtry, 166). McMurtry’s effective use of intrinsic ethos, extrinsic ethos, and the appeal of pathos successfully strengthen his argument demonstrating…

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    Raising College Tuition

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    of recent is college tuition- while the ramifications of making college free are generally negative, the price of a University education is ridiculously high. I think steps should be taken to lower the cost to an affordable price so students are not drowning in debt once they get out of college. However, this is one thought out of many regarding people born into poverty. Another issue that is beginning to be addressed is the issue of mental health. Around 25% of the homeless population…

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    “Spend your money wisely!” is a lesson often preached in life, but it is easier said than done. I am at the point in my life where every cent matters as I am enrolling in postsecondary. Tuition costs are unbelievable and student debt will have me working for years to pay them off. It is times like these when I look back at when I was careless and lived lavishly. I would often think to myself, “Was that purchase really necessary? I could have saved money instead of wasting it on something…

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    I receive money from my parents, grandparents and refund from student loans. I constantly worry about how much money I have in my account since when its gone I don’t get that much back. Even now I plan a budget so that I can have control over my life (Harry, 2015, p.64) and still be able to do what I want. I have applied…

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    credit card to build your credit score, therefore allowing you to have the ability to ask for more loans when you are in need of any. It can help you pay for less obvious things like, a cell phone plan, buying your first used car, or asking for a student loan when you start of in college. One way to increase your credit score would be to start off young. When you start young you have the ability to start with an okay credit score. And as you get older and keep up with your payments, it will…

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    THREE key functions of money in an economy. Mohr P. and associates, (2015), indicates that money serves as an important part of our everyday life. Money is any good that is widely accepted in exchange of goods and services, as well as payment of debts. The 3 Key functions of money in an economy can be described as follows: 1. Medium of exchange can be defined as money that is used for buying and selling goods and services and if there was no money, goods would have to be exchanged through…

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    figure earnings you needed wished for yet. Every month you appear at as the challenging earned money evaporates in academic loan installments as you dwell in the cramped studio apartment and drive a automobile more than you 're. You 've found out about debt consolidation as well as the idea of generating an inferior sized payment to some single lender seems like an aspiration compared to your latest nightmare of feeding an allegedly unlimited stream of income to some level…

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    once I went out on the calling floor and was working with my mentor to get me ready to succeed at this company. Recently when I started working for Nelnet, the national education loan network, that services many of the current student loans that have been taken out by students and parents I learned a lot about loans that I didn’t think was possible. I was hired for a default position that requires me to take and make calls to borrowers…

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