Tag: college loans

Moving boxes and furniture in front of yellow house

When children grow up and become financially independent, how do parents adjust their finances? Are they finally spending money on themselves? Saving more for retirement? Paying down debt? No one has come up with a convincing answer yet. Especially puzzling is that past research has shown that parents seem to reduce their consumption after t…

African american woman saves money in piggy bank with a confident expression on smart face thinking serious

The number of quality jobs held by workers with a two-year associate’s degree rocketed from 3.8 million in 1991 to 7 million in 2015.  Total employment over that time didn’t come close to that rate of growth. “There are still good jobs out there for workers who don’t have a four-year degree,” explains the abov…