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Download full textAt Home with Consumers, 1989
The following articles appear in this document devoted to debating whether credit privacy laws should be revised: "Who's Looking at Your Credit Report?" (Holstein); "Credit Reporting System Doesn't Need Fixing" (Ulrich); "The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA); A Remarkable Success" (Kurth); and "Revisit Law To…
Descriptors: Civil Liberties, Confidential Records, Credit (Finance), Disclosure
Okula, Susan – Keying In, 2003
This issue of Keying In, the newsletter of the National Business Education Association, focuses upon teaching young adults how to develop both investment strategies and an understanding of the stock market. The first article, "Sound Investing Know-How: A Must for Today's Young Adults," describes how young adults can plan for their own…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Business Education, Business Skills, Economics Education
Business Officer, 1984
Financing options for energy efficiency investments by colleges are outlined by the Energy Task Force of three higher education associations. It is suggested that alternative financing techniques generate a positive cash flow and allow campuses to implement conservation despite fiscal constraints. Since energy conservation saves money, the savings…
Descriptors: Budgeting, Campus Planning, Capital Outlay (for Fixed Assets), Economic Factors
Teaching Topics, 1983
Highlights from a survey of educational practices of personal finance teachers and resource materials for emerging topics are provided. Of the 6,100 secondary teachers in the United States and Canada who received questionnaires, 1,400 responded. With over 30 states having personal finance or consumer economics guidelines, personal finance courses…
Descriptors: Comparative Education, Consumer Economics, Course Content, Educational Needs
Ottinger, Cecilia – Research Briefs, 1992
This research brief reviews the literature concerning recent trends in the service-producing sector of the economy and to speculate on the implications for higher education. An opening section offers highlights noting key facts and statistics and a general profile of service-producing industries. The first of three sections describes some of the…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Communications, Economic Change, Economic Development
Wagner, June G. – Keying In, 2003
This newsletter presents four articles designed to help business educators educate learners in grades K-12 about personal finance. "Now More Than Ever: The Need for Financial Literacy" examines the following topics: evidence that the United States is becoming a nation of debtors; the plummeting personal savings rate; the increasing…
Descriptors: Banking, Basic Business Education, Budgeting, Classroom Techniques
Leech, Irene E., Ed. – Consumer Interests Annual, 1999
This document contains 4 invited papers, 21 refereed papers, 15 reports accompanying refereed posters, 8 reports from invited paper sessions, and 4 reports from invited panel sessions. Selected papers are as follows: "Managed Care Benefits Consumers" (Smith); "The Paradox of Managed Care" (Lieberman); "How Much Is Enough:…
Descriptors: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, Adult Education, Case Studies, Consumer Economics
