In a time when boomerang children seem almost a must-have trend, and parents are more and more often footing rent and cell phone bills for their post-college children, it has become more important than ever to help our children prepare for life in “the real world.” After all, it will not only save you money (who [...]

I focus mostly on undergraduate studies here at the Pay for College Blog, but most parents would agree that what happens after college–be that graduate school, a job search, or (hopefully not) boomeranging back home to mom and dad–is equally important.
Today I wanted to share some thoughts with those of you whose children might consider [...]

In the early days of this blog, I wrote about the increasingly popular trend of boomerang children: those children who move out, go to school, graduate, and boomerang right back to their room at mom and dad’s to live rent-free.
Two years later, it seems the trend of students leaning on their parents post-graduation hasn’t slowed. [...]

In case the unstable loan market wasn’t nerve-racking enough for today’s college students, a recent study shows that their future career options may be affected by the economy as well.
All in the Numbers
The National Association of Colleges and Employer just released the results of their Job Outlook 2009 Survey, and the numbers are disconcerting to [...]

Big companies are not above handing out cash for referrals of talented students, according to a recent BusinessWeek article, and professors, it seems, are not above taking it.
Companies approach certain business schools, searching for talented business school grads to recruit. To augment the process, they offer financial compensation to professors who assist them in the [...]