Mitchell D. Weiss

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Mitchell D. Weiss is an experienced financial services industry executive and entrepreneur. He is an Executive in Residence at the University of Hartford and co-founder of the university’s Center for Personal Financial Responsibility. His books include Life Happens: A Practical Course on Personal Finance from College to Career and Business Happens: A Practical Guide to Entrepreneurial Finance for Small Businesses and Professional Practices—both of which are now undergraduate courses that Mitch teaches at the university and elsewhere.

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Student Loan Servicers Aren’t the Only Problem…
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced Thursday that ... read more

May 14, 2015

Student Loans

The Student Loan Realities We Can't Ignore Anymore
The Student Loan Realities We Can’t Ignore Anymore
An alternate view on student-loan payment performance data is cha... read more

May 8, 2015

Student Loans

Corinthian's Failure Is the Government's Failure, Too
Corinthian’s Failure Is the Government’s Failure, Too
No doubt you’ve heard the news: Corinthian Colleges has flipped... read more

May 5, 2015

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How Not to Blow a Financial Windfall
How Not to Blow a Financial Windfall
The Wall Street Journal recently published a story about two peop... read more

April 13, 2015

Personal Finance

5 Actions We Can Take Now to Solve the Student Loan Problem
5 Things We Can Do Now to Solve the Student Loan Problem
The U.S. Department of Education recently unveiled a new and impr... read more

April 8, 2015

Student Loans

Does Your Lower Loan Payment Come at a Big Cost?
Does a Lower Loan Payment Come at a Big Cost?
Are we looking at yet another consumer bubble? The stock market i... read more

March 24, 2015

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