A retired couple from California leaves their RV on the side of the road as they stop to fish off Spanish Harbor Key in Florida. (Photo: Flip Schulke | U.S. National Archives)
How do the economic realities of today affect the way we plan our move into middle and old age?
What do Baby Boomers and Millennials have in common, as many members of both groups negotiate the new realities of work and living far different than they might have planned at a different time?
Almost one-fifth of all American households are dealing with some form of student loan debt, according to a recent Pew study. But what effects will an improving economy have on debt?
Unlike most other forms of debt, student loans generally can’t be eliminated in bankruptcy. Some older borrowers face the reality of taking their debt to the grave.
When Mary Alice Harvey went to college, tuition was $25 per quarter ($300 in today's dollars). She, and many others of her generation, left school free of debt -- a situation few current college students can imagine.
If you're the first generation to be born in the United States, how do your parents define success for you?
Talk about student loans usually conjures images of 20-somethings struggling to make their payments as they find steady work. But of the $900-plus billion in student loan debt in the U.S., more than a third is held by people over age 40 -- and they're having a harder time paying it back.
Recent college grads have entered the workforce at a time of high unemployment and few professional jobs. How will the Affordable Care Act affect those who remain on their parents' health insurance through the middle of their 20s?
Title IX was reality for Diane Goldberg, who entered Columbia University the year it went coed. In 1983. As teams battled for women to join their ranks regardless of experience, she left registration day with a new slate of classes and a spot on the fencing team.
