When I was in middle school, I had a classmate who would look at trigonometric functions and yell, "I will never need these!" ...

Doug Wintemute is a staff writer for Forbes Advisor. After completing his master’s in English at York University, he began his writing career in the higher education space. Over the past decade, Doug ...

AI-savvy graduates aren’t just future-proofing their careers—they’re landing some of the highest starting salaries in tech Peter Gratton, Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over ...

Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

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Dave Ramsey told a 45-year-old Chicago woman with four university degrees, a $115,000 salary and $628,000 debt that she fell for a lie. Sandra, a single mom, called into The Ramsey Show for guidance ...

Americans have grown sour on one of the longtime key ingredients of the American dream. Almost two-thirds of registered voters say that a four-year college degree isn’t worth the cost, according to a ...

Cold temps can bring high energy bills, but this heating trick will help you save while using the latest technology. Mike De Socio is a CNET contributor who writes about energy, personal finance, ...

This year, there's a new topic to argue about at the Thanksgiving table: What is a professional degree? It's a question that President Donald Trump's Department of Education recently addressed in its ...

Someone with a postgraduate degree can expect to earn an average 18 per cent more than a worker with an undergraduate qualification alone – and the value of a postgrad on your CV has increased in ...