College Money Management

There's a college affordability crisis happening in the US right now. Tuition rates have soared, while increases in blue collar wages have slowed to a crawl. This adds up to a painful realization for lower-income young people desperately hoping to go to college: there's no way to pay for it. Bobbi Dempsey shares her brutally honest first-person account of the struggle to pay for her children's and her own education on a working-class salary.

Jean Chatzky, author of numerous best-selling books and financial editor for NBC's TODAY, answers frequently asked questions about paying for college.

Surveys have consistently found that saving for a child’s college education is the top money concern for parents in the US, with over 70 percent saying they’re worried about being able to pay for their child’s education. Tuition fees are rising year after year, and for many parents, this makes the prospect even more daunting. So, should you just give up and invest in your child’s present, rather than their future? The short answer is no - there’s really no need.

Do you find yourself worrying about what you’re going to do once you get out of college? 70 percent of college graduates enter the workforce with over $30,000 in debt. But this doesn't have to be you. You don't have to become part of yet another statistic. Being financially independent as you walk off that graduation stage is not a far-fetched fantasy. This is not a reality reserved solely for those who have very wealthy parents. You can achieve financial success even while in school, and can carry this forward with you throughout the rest of your life.

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With the right outlook and a detailed plan of attack, you can successfully navigate the entire college situation with relative ease. No matter how much you do or don't have saved up - and regardless of the school your kid wants to attend - with the right plan in place, you’ll be able to get through it with this listen.

Get a four-year, debt-free head start on the rest of your life with the valuable lessons learned and taught by educator, speaker, and business coach Seth Hymes. The reality is, there are irrefutable, evidence-based, and statistically proven arguments for looking beyond college as you start your journey to creating a fulfilling life and career. Skip College for Success offers detailed, step-by-step instructions on exactly how to do it.

The struggle to pay for college is one of the defining features of middle-class life in America today. At kitchen tables all across the country, parents agonize over whether to burden their children with loans or to sacrifice their own financial security by taking out a second mortgage or draining their retirement savings. Indebted takes listeners into the homes of middle-class families throughout the nation to reveal the hidden consequences of student debt and the ways that financing college has transformed family life.