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  1. Are you paying for your checking account? Check out findabetterbank.com and see if you can save yourself some money! 12:32 PM May 31st via web
  2. Must read: The Credit History Underclass nyti.ms/KKSDEH Pre-employment credit screens are a HUGE issue for @financialclinic clients. 9:54 AM May 31st via Tweet Button
  3. The Other America, 2012: Confronting the Poverty Epidemic | The Nation bit.ly/IboL5N 11:59 AM May 29th via TweetMeme
  4. Agreed. Disclosure is not enough. More funding, plus cost and quality controls need to be in there, too. nyti.ms/KOSb8X #studentloans 10:39 AM May 29th via web
  5. 60% of workers report the value of savings and investments, excluding home and defined benefit plans, less than $25,000 bit.ly/KpFoKB 8:03 AM May 29th via web
  6. Great ideas that could improve the Federal Pell Grant Program including addressing needs of low income students | ideas.time.com/2012/05/24/how… 8:43 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  7. As funding for community colleges and state universities dwindle ... Colleges for Profit Are Growing, With Federal Help nyti.ms/KOWZgn 5:45 AM May 25th via Tweet Button
  8. Gray Lady says pay your active credit cards down before paying off the shilos. That and other great credit score tips @ nyti.ms/JPslQJ 8:33 PM May 23rd via Tweet Button
  9. Parents and kids of all ages! Check out this new website from the President's Advisory Council on Financial Capability! moneyasyougrow.org/# 10:35 AM May 23rd via web
  10. Unusual win for student loan debtors: Asperger Syndrome prompts court to forgive former law student's debt. bit.ly/MH3Adj 8:18 AM May 23rd via web
  11. From a Clinic legal client: "He changed our lives not only financially but his work allowed us to gain control of our lives again." #next5 1:58 PM May 18th via web
  12. Awesome!! Now thru 6/15 - @FedEx will donate 5 meals for each Like @FoodBank4NYC gets on Facebook: facebook.com/#!/foodbanknyc… 1:04 PM May 18th via web
  13. Better to be penultimate than last... Cuomo Pushing City to End Food-Stamp Fingerprinting nyti.ms/L3IxMM 7:21 AM May 18th via Tweet Button
  14. The American Opportunity Tax Credit helps students from nearly 9 million households afford college each year! #FinAidU #AOTC 8:23 AM May 17th via web
  15. Follow us as we join @tax_coalition for a Higher Ed briefing on Capitol Hill today to advocate for the #AOTC and fin aid! #FinAidU 7:42 AM May 17th via web
  16. Our own Ralph Glover will be in DC for #FinAidU Higher Education Day of Action with @Tax_Coalition @NewAmerica @Citi - bit.ly/L1fbP1 2:18 PM May 16th via web
  17. "How does the government profit from student loans? In two words, yield spread." bit.ly/IWvqfu This is also what makes #PSLF possible 1:15 PM May 15th via web
  18. Debt buyers can't prove their cases in court - "interesting not because it is extraordinary but because it is typical." bit.ly/MhfvOQ 12:56 PM May 15th via web
  19. Recent college grads biggest regrets: wrong major, lack of internships, lack of focus on career skills - see @nytimes nyti.ms/JR7UVd 12:36 PM May 15th via web
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