Editorials

Financial literacy is a must

CAMPUS ISSUES: UC Berkeley students should take advantage of available resources so they can learn to manage their own finances.

As a result of our country’s competitive economic landscape, current UC Berkeley students more than ever need to become fiscally savvy in order to stay afloat. While it’s true that the obstacles faced today by college students are more challenging than at any time since before World War II, this Read More…

Op-Eds

Why financial literacy matters

Students must be able to make sound, informed fiscal decisions

More than 76 percent of college students report that they are not prepared to deal with the financial challenges of real life and wished that they had more help with making sound financial decisions. Despite the fact that financial decision-making is more complex today than ever before, 26 states have Read More…