Here are the literacy programs recommended by your peers in the recent SLA flash survey on the topic. Descriptions of the programs and pertinent links are provided below:
Brigham Young University
- Dedicated Personal Finance site
developed by Marriott School of Management
- Has beginner,
intermediate and advanced lessons
- Includes course
"What I Wish I Had Known About Personal Finance as a Freshman"
- Purpose of site "The purpose of this Web site on Personal Finance is to instruct members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and others around the world about personal financial management."
- Dedicated Personal Finance site
developed by Marriott School of Management
James Madison University
- 23
minute podcast available with Brad Barnett, Senior Associate Director
of James Madison University
- Offer financial
literacy training to answer the following questions:
- Are you familiar with
creating a personal budget? Can you balance your checking account? Do you
understand how credit cards work? Do you know your FICO score? If you are
taking out loans to help pay for college, do you have a plan for managing
your debt after you graduate?
- Are you familiar with
creating a personal budget? Can you balance your checking account? Do you
understand how credit cards work? Do you know your FICO score? If you are
taking out loans to help pay for college, do you have a plan for managing
your debt after you graduate?
- Provide links to
resources on the following topics
Midwestern University
- Link
to information about this program and other college financial
literacy programs
- Presentation titled "Teaching
Financial Literacy to Heath Professions Students"
- Financial
Literacy Education for Graduate Students:. How to implement a
comprehensive program on your campus
- Customize USA Funds
Life Skills curriculum
- Link
to information about this program and other college financial
literacy programs
Montgomery College
- Provide link to
on-line AICPA program entitled "360
Degrees of Financial Literacy"
- Detailed
description of program in collaboration with USA Funds
- Students
in Free Enterprise (SIFE) group developed and presented financial
literacy education to 11th and 12th graders.
- Provide link to
on-line AICPA program entitled "360
Degrees of Financial Literacy"
- Texas Tech’s Red to Black Program
- Peer to peer financial counseling program with its own website
- Mission with description
of services
- Useful links on the
site include
- Topics covered
include:
- Establishing credit
- Using credit wisely
- Creating a budget
- Saving money
- Investment education
- Correcting credit
report mistakes
- Repaying debt
- Organizing finances
- Tax planning
- Selecting employee
benefits
- Expenses during or
after college
- Buying a car or home
- Planning premarital
finances
- Establishing credit
University of Georgia
- Paper presented in 2006: University of Georgia Consumer Financial Literacy Program
- Participated in Financial
Education Toolkit for College Campuses
- Participated in study
titled "College
Students and Financial Literacy:
What They Know and What We Need to Learn"
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Provide financial independence seminar
- NASFAA
Conference materials on implementing a financial literacy program
includes description of UW-Madison program
- Description of
program dating from 2002 in CS Monitor
story
- Virginia Tech
- Offer brand new online personal finance workshop to entering freshman and any others that might be interested
- Here is a link to the
online
course
- Topics include:
- Budgets
- Account management
- Credit cards
- Debt management
- Other Benefits
- Loan management
- Consumer rights
- University of Kansas provides a Financial Literacy Guide with links to useful resources on the following topics
- Investing/Saving
- Exploring financial aid options
- Educational costs at KU
- Budgeting
- Balancing your checkbooks
- Consumer debt
- Credit cards
- Debt management
- Planning for life after college
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