Episodios

  • Understanding Your Financial Aid Offer, Part 3: Using the CFPB’s Grad Path Tool to Help With College Decision-making

    Understanding Your Financial Aid Offer, Part 3: Using the CFPB’s Grad Path Tool to Help With College Decision-making
    Apr 12 2021
    For the third and final episode of this series, we spoke with Kate Mullan, Policy Analyst, Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, to discuss the Grad Path tool and how it can be used to compare programs, assess funding needs (or surplus), and create a financial plan for the academic year.
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    26 m
  • Understanding Your Financial Aid Offer, Part 2: What to Know When Filling out the FAFSA

    Understanding Your Financial Aid Offer, Part 2: What to Know When Filling out the FAFSA
    Apr 12 2021
    During the second episode in this series, we met with Fred Stennis, Supervisor and Senior Advisor at the U.S. Department of Education, to talk about what to know before, during, and after completing the FAFSA. This episode also covered tips and best practices for using federal financial aid to complete your higher education goals.
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    19 m
  • Understanding your Financial Aid Offer, Part 1: Using College Scorecard to Find Your Academic Fit

    Understanding your Financial Aid Offer, Part 1: Using College Scorecard to Find Your Academic Fit
    Apr 12 2021
    For this episode, we spoke with Brian Fu, a Program Analyst at the U.S. Department of Education, about the Department of Education's College Scorecard tool and how it can be used to search and compare higher education opportunities. This episode will also discuss the importance of finding the right "academic fit" when searching for a program.
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    17 m
  • Managing Your Student Loans, Part 3: Postgraduate Degree Repayment Options

    Managing Your Student Loans, Part 3: Postgraduate Degree Repayment Options
    Dec 15 2020
    For the third and final episode of this series, we spoke with Dr. Bridget Peters, a family medicine resident, about tips and best practices for managing money and postgraduate student loan debt as a young professional.
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    26 m
  • Managing Your Student Loans, Part 2: Discussing the Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) GI Bill® Comparison Tool and CFPB’s Your Financial Path to Graduation Tool

    Managing Your Student Loans, Part 2: Discussing the Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) GI Bill® Comparison Tool and CFPB’s Your Financial Path to Graduation Tool
    Dec 15 2020
    During the second episode in this series, we met with Charmain Bogue, Executive Director of Education Service for the Veterans Benefits Administration, to discuss tools to help veterans, servicemembers, and their qualified family members with making decisions about financing their education and selecting an educational institution to attend.
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    24 m
  • Managing Your Student Loans, Part 1: Managing Student Loans and Money while in College

    Managing Your Student Loans, Part 1: Managing Student Loans and Money while in College
    Dec 15 2020
    For this episode, we spoke with Aaron Satyanarayana, an undergraduate student, about how he manages money while working towards graduation. This episode discusses tips and tools to help make good decisions around paying for college and managing money while enrolled as a student.
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    22 m
  • Managing Your Money, Part 3: Understanding and Protecting Your Credit

    Managing Your Money, Part 3: Understanding and Protecting Your Credit
    Sep 3 2020
    For the third and final episode of this series, we spoke with Melinda Croes, Training Institute manager for the Credit Builders Alliance, about understanding and protecting your credit along with the function of nationwide credit bureaus and credit reports, how credit scores are calculated, how to build credit and more.
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    23 m
  • Managing Your Money, Part 2: Managing Money as a Young Adult

    Managing Your Money, Part 2: Managing Money as a Young Adult
    Sep 3 2020
    During part two of the “Managing Your Money” podcast series, we met with Ryan Law, AFC®, CFP®, to discuss tips and tools for managing your finances while in school, budgeting, opening a checking and saving account, compound interest, and more.
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    23 m