Research from a new report released this week from the Center on Assets, Education, and Inclusion (AEDI) at...
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Washtenaw County looks to plant seeds for college with children’s savings accounts
August 17, 2022 -
A Safety Net of Income Supports Won’t End Financial Insecurity Alone. Addressing Wealth Gaps Is Just as Important.
July 27, 2022 -
St. Paul’s next basic income experiment: $12,000 cash plus money for college
July 1, 2022 -
Los Angeles is the latest city to give young kids money to save for college
April 26, 2022 -
Can $50 change a child’s life? Los Angeles tests universal college savings account
April 4, 2022 -
The Real Hope of an Early Scholarship
February 16, 2022 -
Cash Support for Low-Income Families Impacts Infant Brain Activity
January 26, 2022 -
Programs aim to help teach youth about building wealth
November 16, 2021 -
Giving Children Something to Live For
October 13, 2021 -
Seeding Accounts for Kindergartners and Hoping to Grow College Graduates
October 11, 2021 -
Can you change a kid's life with $25? Fund My Future Milwaukee thinks so.
September 30, 2021 -
Kids need education to succeed. Wisconsin needs skilled workers for the future. Could a children's savings program be the answer?
September 29, 2021 -
2021's States with the Most and Least Student Debt
August 25, 2021 -
‘The language of consumer debt is rife with moral undertones’
July 9, 2021 -
How California college savings accounts sow the seeds of higher learning at a young age
May 20, 2021 -
College Accounts at Birth: State Efforts Raise New Hopes
April 27, 2021 -
How Baby Bonds Could Help Close the Racial Wealth Gap
January 18, 2021 -
The Toll of Student Debt Goes Beyond Failing to Build Wealth
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Imagining CSAs as a Tool for Combating Wealth Inequality
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Why children’s savings accounts should be America’s next wealth transfer program
At a time of great wealth inequality and dramatically unequal chancesbetween the rich and the poor of getting a...
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Dr Terri Friedline, Why children’s savings accounts should be America’s next wealth transfer program
February 6, 2018Dr. Terri Friedline is AEDI Faculty Director for Financial Inclusion and Assistant Professor in the School of Social Welfare at the University of Kansas. In August, Dr. Friedline had a piece published in Huffington Post. Title,
Straight Talk MD with Frank Sweeny
October 31, 2017College tuition has become unaffordable to many highly qualified students from middle and low income families. 7 out of 10 college students today must take out loans to pay for college. For those who choose to take on these loans, it means crushing debt that will threaten their future financial...
How to Pay for Free Community College
October 5, 2017The popularity of college promise programs -- or tuition-free initiatives for community colleges and in some cases for four-year degrees -- has been growing across the country in the last few years.
But despite enthusiasm from families, policy makers, businesses and organizations to...
Merging of Savings Accounts Proposed for College Funding
October 4, 2017Children’s savings accounts and college promise initiatives could be stronger if the two funding mechanisms for higher education were merged together, a professor argues in new paper that drew praise from a U.S. Senator who says he plans to pursue legislation and funding that would make it...
CSAs Highlighted in The Hill, a popular blog read by members of Congress
CSAs were highlighted in The Hill, a popular blog read by members of Congress. The author refers to San Francisco’s K2C program as well as Dr. Elliott’s research supporting the positive effects of even small savings amounts.
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