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Bipartisan Senate duo wants to help students get federal aid for learning outside college

Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Tim Sheehy (R-Mont.) are pairing up on a new bill that would pave a way for students to use financial aid to pay for prior learning assessments, a category of tests that grant college credit for learning outside a college setting, such as in a job. Those tests usually cost...

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Wake Forest University will begin free tuition next semester

High Schools Emphasizing Personal Finance Education

39 US states now require students to complete a personal finance course to graduate, up from just one state in 1998. Senior Advocacy Director for the Council for Economic Education Leslie Finnan explains that students who take these courses tend to make better financial decisions, have higher credit scores, and manage student loans more responsibly. Bloomberg This Weekend's Lisa Mateo also spoke with Brooklyn Preparatory High School Assistant Principal and Financial Literacy Educator Diana Isern about the curriculum of a modern finance class. (Source: Bloomberg)

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For the last decade, Ohio’s dual credit program, College Credit Plus (CCP), has been giving academically eligible students in grades 7–12 the opportunity to earn postsecondary credit by taking college courses for free. According to the most recent annual report, more than 94,000 students participated in CCP during the 2024–25 school year. But the report also shows sizable enrollment gaps between White and minority students, as well as economically disadvantaged pupils and their more affluent Read More

HEC scholarships distributed among 28 deserving students at SU’s Laar Campus

HEC scholarships distributed among 28 deserving students at SU’s Laar Campus