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Home > Press Releases > Debt Cripples Graduates - College-Finances.com Saves Them Everything College Students Need to Know About Student Loans, Credit, Calling Cards, Cellphone Plans and More

Debt Cripples Graduates - College-Finances.com Saves Them Everything College Students Need to Know About Student Loans, Credit, Calling Cards, Cellphone Plans and More
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College-Finances.com offers a complete and unbiased collection of articles focused on financial topics, including student loans, student loan consolidation, credit cards, debt management, phone and calling cards, cellphone plans and programs, bankruptcy, and much more.

(PRWEB) October 27, 2024 -- Our college graduates are in crisis. Hundreds of credit card and loan offers - all labeled as if from a best friend - seduce then trap students in a sinking spiral of debt. It stinks, and it's no surprise that so many college students are graduating with unmanageable debt-loads. Too few of our graduates have financial management skills and even fewer have the ability to figure out how to get back on their feet.

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Marketing the College 2004 edition. The report looks closely at the marketing tactics of a sample of American colleges.

MARKETING THE COLLEGE,2004 EDITION, A NEW PRIMARY RESEARCH GROUP STUDY, FINDS THAT IN MARKETING TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS COLLEGES ARE GREATLY EMPHASIZING HIGHLY FOCUSED AND PERSONAL APPROACHES TO TARGETED GROUPS, AIDED BY INTERACTIVE WEB SITES, VIRTUAL CAMPUS TOURS, PERSONALIZED E-BROCHURES, AND PERSONAL WEB/PHONE CONTACT BETWEEN PROSPECTIVE AND CURRENT STUDENTS

New York, New York (PRWEB) December 11 2003--Primary Research Group has just published MARKETING THE COLLEGE (ISBN ## 1-57440-064-9). The report looks closely at the marketing tactics of a sample of American colleges, describing their use of direct mail, TV and radio advertising, billboards, viewbooks and search pieces, campus events, virtual tours, ebrocuhres, web ads and other tactics to recruit students. Some of the colleges profiled in the study include: the State University of New York at Binghamton, Bethel College, Albright College, Ball State University, Butler County Community College, Urbana College, Westmont College, Mendecino College, Illinois State University, and many others.

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To help students learn how to avoid this trap, College-Finances.com features unbiased, non-commercial articles on dozens of critical personal finance topics. The site focuses specifically on issues relevant to incoming college students, current students and graduates who are trying to figure out how to tame their mounting debt.

"There are plenty of personal finance sites, but they're all focused on selling - credit reports, low APR credit cards, prepaid cellular, or even student loan consolidation - not helping. Finding unbiased material that explains how the scams and rip-offs work is quite a task." College Finances founder Dave Taylor explains, "That's why we built College-Finances.com; to offer an easy and straightforward reference site for students of all ages."

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Getting ahead isn�t what it used to be. In today�s cell phone-addled, computer-driven, breakneck-paced economy, carving out time to sharpen or learn new skills can be a challenge. At Peru State College in Peru, Nebraska, a new series of online courses seeks to clear a path through any obstacles which potentially block students from continuing their education.

(PRWEB) May 27, 2024 -- Getting ahead isn�t what it used to be. In today�s cell phone-addled, computer-driven, breakneck-paced economy, carving out time to sharpen or learn new skills can be a challenge. At Peru State College a new series of online courses seeks to clear a path through any obstacles which potentially block students from continuing their education.

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(PRWEB) January 21, 2024 -- Somewhere between the bona-fide admissions offer and the tragic rejection letter lies the ever curious wait list notification. Stopping one step short of �congratulations,� a wait list �invitation� can be one of the most arduous aspects of the college application process. Yet, for as mentally trying as the wait list status may be, it does indicate�at a very important level�that you have impressed the admissions committee.

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