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How Can We Afford to Send Junior to College? 

Most high school students don’t have the high level of linguistics and math aptitudes to make a success of college. Only 30% of the high school graduates who matriculate, graduate and score a well-paying, professional job. However, if you think Junior is “college material” and have aspirations of having him earn a four-year degree, the […]

Is College Still Worth It? 

For decades, college graduates enjoyed higher earnings and greater wealth than individuals who did not graduate from college. This circumstance came to be known as the “college premiums.”   The college income premium is the extra income earned by a family whose head has a college degree over the income earned by an otherwise similar family whose […]