Saving for College
Published February 29th, 2012 | 
Let’s face it, college isn’t cheap. Even if your child can get accepted to a good school, he can pretty much count on the fact that his family will be on the hook for a big fat bill each and evey semester — everything from tuition to room and board, text books and assorted fees. There are Pell grants if you quality. Scholarship programs if your child is a brainiac or good a sports. There is always loans your child will spend the rest of his life paying for. But imagine if you could earn money for school just by shopping online at stores you probably buy from anyway?
Sounds too good to be true, doesn’t it? Mission Tuition is a website that will help you collect cash rebates from shopping with participating merchants that you can transfer into a 529 college savings plan. A 529 plan is free from federal income tax when you use that money to pay for college expenses. With a Mission Tuition 529 plan you can not only rely on the security of a Well Fargo-managed account, you can earn hundreds, even thousands of dollars a years in educational rebates by shopping with merchants suchs as Kohls, Sears, K-mart, Books-A-Million, Audible.com, and Best Buys to name a few.
The Cost of Doing Business
Published December 29th, 2011 | Even Danica Patrick in a bikini couldn’t help GoDaddy.com when the famous Internet company thought it was a good idea to support SOPA. Thousands of GoDaddy clients banded together to show the domain registrar exactly who’s wearing the man boots and who’s wearing womens boots by organizing a boycott. In a span of a few days, GoDaddy lost over 20,000 accounts when the disgruntled protesters transferred their domains to other registrars. GoDaddy blinked and withdrew its support for the Stop Online Piracy Act. It goes to prove that if you want to change minds don’t waste your time with marches and impassioned pleas to politicians who couldn’t possibly give a fuck about your interest. No . . . you want change, then cost the motherfuckers lots of money. Make’em bleed cash. See how fast they cave.
Degree Jungle
Published September 30th, 2011 | Choosing a good online college or university can be difficult. There is often a stigma attached to non-traditional schools even though more and more students are seeking educational opportunities online. What constitutes a good online college? Well … it would have the same qualities as a good traditional school plus, it would be convenient for the student whose lifestyle isn’t suited for a traditional college. It would also offer training for very specific job markets ( for example, Medical Equipment Repairer Jobs). For instance, if you work full-time and have a family to raise, you may not have the time to spend on a traditional college campus. An online college would allow you to be more flexible.
The best online colleges are accredited, have knowledgeable and highly accessible faculty, offer many different degree programs of study and are affordable. Degreejungle.com has recently created a comprehensive review of the top online colleges. Programs range from Bachelor’s degrees to PhD. programs. Answering the question, “what is the best online college?” depends greatly on what you want to study. One college may offer degrees in English, for example, while others may not. Or, you may find many online colleges offering courses in criminal justice. Which to choose? Degree Jungle break each college on the list by how it stacks up in important criteria.
