They're trading lifetime earnings for speed and less debt. I talked to students betting everything on two-week certifications ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Katie Miller is a consumer financial services expert. She worked for almost two decades as ...

If you follow education at all, you’ve probably heard that record numbers of young people are ditching traditional college in favor of other routes that cost less time and money. Enrollment at ...

Vince Gregg, principal of Blue Ridge Technical Center in Front Royal, Virginia, says he learned the hard way about the costs of accumulating four years of college debt. Mr. Gregg graduated from the ...

You’ ll be helping your children, grandchildren, friends and neighbors, too. You may not realize it, but there is a severe ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — It’s almost 4 p.m. at the Nashville branch of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology, and the students in the auto collision repair night class are just starting their school ...

Going to college used to be a defining milestone in the classic American Dream. But as costs rise and returns on investment shrink, many young people are rethinking what “success” looks like and ...

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