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Invest in the Future With Crowd-Funded Student Loans

What can you buy with $25? A shirt at the mall? Sushi dinner for one? How about an education for students from third-world nations? Vittana is a groundbreaking not-for-profit organization that makes loans for higher and vocational education for students in third-world countries through a first-of-its-kind online microfinance discipline and a global awareness initiative. In short, it inspires investments in impoverished students through an online social connection, which means anyone can be a lender.

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Can You Afford a College Degree?

The following is a guest post byClare Levison, CPA and Author of Frugal Isnt Cheap: Spend Less, Save More, Live Better. It is sponsored by Western International University.For working adults wondering if they should go back to school for a degree – or to upgrade their bachelors degree to a masters – affordability is, today, more important than ever. How can I afford it? is often the first question students ask before …