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Resources

This web site includes many references to outside resources. We found these resources to provide intelligent and informative articles, videos, and tools that you may find useful. Nothing in this site is intended to direct you to purchase any product or service from these vendors. The University of Maryland is not affiliated with these resources. If you find problems with any of these sites or find other useful sites, please contact us so that we may continually improve this site.

Adventures in Education located at www.aie.org features articles for students and parents. The Credit Card Skills Builder site takes you on a virtual credit card buying spree. You will learn what it really costs to buy that MP3 player, laptop, and cell phone on credit. Paying the minimum balance on some cards would end up costing over $10,000 and take almost 50 years to pay off!!!

CNNMoney.Com has a Money 101 web site with 23 lessons. There are lessons on Banking and Saving, Investing, Buying a Home, Health Insurance, and more.

EdFund located at www.edfund.org has articles, downloadable PDFs, and video information. Check out their streaming video clips covering budgeting, credit cards, loans, and more. These clips require a download of Real Player's Real One ™ software. There are different versions, but the FREE version is sufficient. The clip on Securing Your Financial Future discusses short and long term planning, saving and investing, and student loans. It only takes 20 minutes to complete and is very informative.

The web site, http://www.360financialliteracy.org, run by The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants includes many articles, for example, ABCs of financial aid.

USA Funds is a nonprofit corporation that works to enhance education preparedness, access and success by providing and supporting financial and other valued services. During the year ending Sept. 30, 2007, USA Funds guaranteed education loans totaling $25.8 billion for students and parents throughout the nation. USA Funds serves as the designated guarantor of federal education loans in eight states: Arizona, Hawaii, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada and Wyoming. USA Funds also invests $16.3 million annually in scholarships and outreach programs that advance its mission of support to higher education. For more information about USA Funds, visit http://www.usafunds.org/.

 
 
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