Debt-free U : how I paid for an outstanding college education without loans, scholarships, or mooching off my parents / Zac Bissonnette.
Challenges popular beliefs that college finances must impose financial hardships for parents and students, posing strategies for attending non-private schools, avoiding student loans, and maximizing available resources.
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Portfolio/Penguin,
2010.
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| Physical Description: | xii, 290 pages ; 22 cm |
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Debt-free university. [Other title] |
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Contents:
- Foreword / Andrew Tobias
- The four people you meet when you apply to college, and the lies they tell
- How much can you afford, and where will you get the money?
- Student loans and stagnant wages: a dangerous cocktail for future graduates
- Does if really matter where you go to college? The solution to the college funding nightmare
- How to make any college an Ivy League college
- Why large public universities are better than private colleges
- The community college solution
- Make money, prepare for a career
- How your child can save money while he's in college
- Invest in college-town real estate
- It's not just a personal finance issue: how to solve the college crisis
- Conclusion
- The dos and don'ts of paying for college.