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Move over 401(k)s — this new perk is helping millennials pay off college loans

The Hechinger Report

Excited to be back at his alma mater, the University of New Hampshire, Ed Farrington flashed bright-colored pie charts and graphs before a group of business students in what he considered a forceful presentation about the need for them to start saving early for retirement. Its clients include Fidelity and Chegg. Photo: Powertex.

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5 Ed-Tech Ideas Face The Chronicle’s Version of ‘Shark Tank’

Wired Campus

Setting very clear expectations around those things, norming and setting the goals and rules as a group so that everyone buys in is super-important. So they’ll still be in groups and teams. Go to class, hold off on rushing into any nontransparent purchasing decision, and rent an e-textbook by the day. Cedel: Yeah, in a way.

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Hack Education Weekly News

Hack Education

“Researchers say removal of an IRS tool for financial aid applicants may have slowed FAFSA submissions, while college aid groups warn that affected students could already be losing out on aid,” Inside Higher Ed reports. Via The Chronicle of Higher Education : “How Open E-Credentials Will Transform Higher Education.”

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The 100 Worst Ed-Tech Debacles of the Decade

Hack Education

“To Save Students Money, Colleges May Force a Switch to E-Textbooks,” The Chronicle of Higher Education reported in 2010. The story examined a proposed practice: “Colleges require students to pay a course-materials fee, which would be used to buy e-books for all of them (whatever text the professor recommends, just as in the old model).”

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