Being financially illiterate can lead to financial disaster, as it increases the likelihood of accumulating unsustainable debt burdens due to poor spending decisions or a lack of long-term planning.

Most college students today face a financial blind spot as they head into adulthood. They graduate with degrees, internships, and mountains of student debt–but little knowledge about managing their ...

A growing number of states require high schools to teach the basics of free-market capitalism in their financial literacy ...

Capital One believes that when people are financially literate, they can make better decisions about their financial futures. That’s why they’ve partnered with nonprofits NAF and Khan Academy to teach ...

More states are mandating personal finance courses for high schoolers, but what if their teachers aren’t confident managing money themselves? In recent years, states have pushed to ensure high school ...

One of the fundamental abilities required to live a safe and pleasant life in the modern world is financial literacy. Financial literacy becomes important during the student period of life. After all, ...

Money management isn’t just an adult skill, it’s survival for college students. Between tuition, rent, groceries, and the occasional midnight coffee run, learning to handle finances can feel like an ...

Denver, COWeber Partners with the Ethnic College Counseling Center’s Ongoing Effort to Expand Wealth-Building Education ...

At Youthentity, we believe every student deserves the opportunity to build a financially stable and successful future. Our I Am Financial Knowledge (IAFK) program is designed to equip young people ...

Hawaii has recently adopted a measure to require high school students to take a financial literacy course in order to ...

Adults and their financial troubles support a multi-billion dollar industry built around helping them out the financial ...

WELCOME BACK TO CLOSE UP. FINANCIAL ILLITERACY COST AMERICANS MORE THAN $243 BILLION IN 2024. THAT COMES FROM AN NFCC SURVEY. AND ON AN INDIVIDUAL LEVEL, THAT MEANS RESEARCHERS FOUND THAT BREAKS DOWN ...