National Endowment for Financial Education®

Presents: CashCourse ®

Who is NEFE?

The National Endowment for Financial Education A nonprofit, 501c(3), private operating foundation located

near Denver, Colorado. The only national foundation wholly dedicated to improving

the financial well-being of all Americans. Evolved from the College of Financial Planning which was

founded in 1972. In 1992, the proceeds from the sale of the nonprofit

College of Financial Planning created our endowment – which funds all of our programs.

Partner with other nonprofit organizations, and governmental entities, to provide financial resources.

www.nefe.org

Introduction to CashCourse

A free Web site to provide students financial education information for every stage of college life

Unbiased, noncommercial content Branding of the school can be integrated into

the Web site through the school’s logo, color scheme, resources & content

Marketing materials are provided and can be customized (although schools using the materials cover the printing costs)

Multiple campus departments can use the Web site Designed to complement existing financial literacy

programs on campus, or to kick-start financial literacy efforts.

CashCourse Content

4 Main Categories1. Financial Basics

• Covers budgeting, banking, credit cards, retirement…2. Paying for College

• Financial aid, federal aid programs, managing loans…3. College Life

• Housing, roommates, studying abroad, peer pressure…4. World of Work

• Interviews, understanding benefits, taxes…5. Economic Survival Tips

• Your parents’ situation, income and employment in hard times…

Interactive Content Contains:• Quizzes, calculators, worksheets, interactive budgeting

wizard, and polls

Additional Resources for Enrolled Schools

Workshop Kits 5 topics PowerPoint Presentations

& Facilitators Guides Marketing templates Pre-composed financial education content to be used for emails or newsletters Press Releases CashCourse Connection – enewsletter with updates on new resources, and how other schools are using CashCourse on campus.

Using CashCourse on Campus

1. Put a link to it on the homepage of your web site, and on other noticeable, high-traffic web pages.

2. Conduct a CashCourse workshop on budgeting, credit, debt, money management or preventing identity theft.

3. Require your students to develop a budget using tools such as CashCourse worksheets, Budget Wizard and interactive calculators.

4. Keep a stack of flyers to hand out when students have financial literacy questions.

5. Incorporate into class – using workshop kits, or other content6. Make promoting CashCourse a project for a marketing class.7. Put a link to your customized CashCourse on your school’s Facebook

page.8. Competition - Students complete a quiz as part of a contest, etc.9. Distribute flyers, and “40 Money Management Tips”, at

freshman, new student, and parent orientations.10. Hang CashCourse posters in the residence halls.11. Use provided content in school newspaper or department

newsletter.12. Use press release to let other staff on campus know about this

resource.

The Ohio State University links to CashCourse in different topic areas, such as Credit Cards and Jobs, within their Financial Life at OSU Web page.

Swarthmore College created their own eye-catching graphic to advertise CashCourse on their Career Services homepage.

Success on Campus: UC San Diego

Launched their CashCourse site with a campus-wide promotion that led to 954 visits & 3,825 page views Weekly Challenge – visit site to find answer a Financial Wellness Workshop for summer bridge students 2 CashCourse tabling events an advertisement on the Guardian Web site (the main campus

newspaper) flyers sent to residential advisors to pass out to their residents a slide sent to the campus TV stations to display throughout

their broadcasting Info sent to the colleges to include in their weekly

and monthly newsletters to students

More can be found at http://www.cashcourse.org/home/CaseStudies

416* Enrolled Colleges & Universities*as of 3/30/10

Kansas State University University of Kansas Kansas State

University, Salina Bethel College University of St. Mary Washburn University Wichita State University

Complete list can be found at www.CashCourse.org

Enrollment Information

Signing up for and implementing CashCourse involves 3 simple steps:

1) Complete the online enrollment form found at: www.CashCourse.org/home/HowToEnroll

2) NEFE will email you a three-page Web site agreement. Return the original signed agreement by mail to NEFE.

3) An e-mail will be sent to you with a link to the site, and a password and instructions on how to customize CashCourse with your school colors and logo(s). You will be ready for student use as soon as you customize it and add the link to your Web pages.

Contact Information

www.CashCourse.org

Sample web site can be found at www.CashCourse.org/sample

40 Money Management Tips Every College Student Should Know

www.smartaboutmoney.org/40moneytips

For more information or questions, contact Amy B. Hartenstine, NEFE Project Manager

Phone: 303-224-3536 Email: abb@nefe.org

FLASHBACK TO THE 80’S

Average cost of college Public 4yr: $2550; Public 2yr: $2027 Private 4yr: $5594; Private 2yr: $4303

Textbooks cost $40 Median household income: $17,710 1st class stamp: $.15 Gallon of gas: $1.25 Movie ticket: $2.69 Top grossing movie: Empire

Strikes Back Sony Walkman: $150 Top song: Call Me by Blondie