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America must improve its financial education | Data Driven

Sarah Datta February 14, 2024
Teaching finance-specific math, like compound interest and investment related probability, could have a much more direct impact on people’s lives. A lot of people don’t have the luxury of generational financial knowledge.
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BU community discusses impact of socioeconomic status on STEM pursuits

Divya Sood April 21, 2021
At a BU event, topics ranged from financial literacy and loans to first-gen students and income.
Roxbury Community College hosted this month’s virtual installment of “Build Black Wealth” with Our Village Initiative on Wednesday. COURTESY OF ROXBURY COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Roxbury community, real estate experts address Boston’s Black debt crisis

Anuj Sawhney October 20, 2020
Boston is an education hub, but there remains a distinct difference in net worth drawn on racial lines.
PHOTO COURTESY NICK YOUNGSON

EDITORIAL: Teaching financial literacy is key in mitigating student debt

Editors November 30, 2017

There’s this idea that people seem to have about students of color enrolling in college: that they are doing so on significant scholarships, or are at least getting some pretty hefty financial aid. Some...

College students struggle with financial literacy, study suggests

Daily Free Press Admin March 5, 2013

College students slammed with credit card debt must learn how to properly deal with their finances before debts and poor financial habits begin affecting their futures, according to a study released Wednesday. “The...

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