We Were Poor, And College Was The Answer to All My Problems (Right?)

College was positioned as The Answer To All My Problems from a very young age.

When Parents Pay/Don’t Pay for Their Kids’ College Education

Over at Inside Higher Ed, Scott Jaschik reports on a study showing that college students who have their parents generously pay for their educations get lower grades than those who pay for their own educations.

One Card Down and the Terrible-ness of Student Loans

Logan: I just impulse paid off one of my cards. Haha. The balance was $300 and I owed $100, and so i just paid it off wild and crazyyyyyy.