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The results of the LPL Research Retirement Index will look familiar to the winners of this year’s iOme Challenge. LPL Financial recently released their LPL Research Retirement Index ranking states in preparing young people for retirement. The research rated states in six categories: financial, healthcare, housing, community quality of life, employment and education, and wellness.   […]

By Paul Signorelli Adi Redzic, cofounder and executive director of the financial-literacy organization iOme [I owe me],  provided an engaging example of the power of storytelling at “Financial Literacy: Why Students Need Librarians to Get Involved” on Saturday at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia,. Rather than relying heavily on statistics or discussions about

Washington University sophomore Sloane Wolter was in her early teens when the housing market crashed, triggering the financial crisis of 2007-2008. As a member of her high school debate team, Wolter was tasked with presenting a speech on the causes of the recession, and she recalls reading up on the crash for weeks on end

By Martin Merzer Tougher laws and more muscular regulations are required to protect millions of university and college students who are increasingly preyed upon by debit card and prepaid card providers — and, in many cases, by their own schools, according to a new report by congressional investigators. The most active issuers of what have

Madison – Governor Scott Walker today honored seven individuals and 13 organizations with the 2013 Governor’s Financial Literacy Award for their efforts in promoting financial literacy among Wisconsin citizens. “Through their work to advance the cause of financial literacy, these worthy individuals and organizations are positively impacting the lives of thousands of people in communities

White House Strategies Schwartz to Judge iOme; Joins Choi, List, Kettl and Merzer GREEN BAY, Wis.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Laura Schwartz, principal at White House Strategies joins James Choi of Yale, John List of the University of Chicago, Don Kettl of the University of Maryland and author Martin Merzer as a judge for the iOme Challenge. iOme challenges

With the future of social security anything but certain, Americans are desperately searching for new ways to ensure financial stability after retirement. In an effort to find potential solutions, St. Norbert College has launched the iOme Challenge. The iOme Challenge is a national contest that tasks college students with finding a solution to the nation’s

New England College pitted against mighty Michigan in Game of the Century; 250 other Colleges looking to win $20,000 Bigger than BCS and The Final Four: iOme Challenge is The College Game of the Century (this year, anyway). Teams from Pace, Pomona, Harvard, Prairie View, Alcorn State, Lamar, LaGuardia Community, Grove City, Elizabeth, Olivet Nazarene,

Students tackle U.S. retirement system KALAMAZOO–Four Western Michigan University students will take their ideas about a national retirement system to Congress Feb. 4 after winning the national iOMe Challenge competition. WMU team members beat out proposals submitted by 40 other schools in 17 states to win a chance to speak to U.S. policymakers, along with a $20,000 cash prize

The iOme Challenge, a national competition to address the nation’s retirement crisis, is pleased to announce that a team from Texas Tech University won this year’s grand prize. Students Benjamin Cummings, Christopher Browning, Thomas O’Malley, and Shaun Pfeiffer collaborated to win the top, national prize. The Texas Tech team won $10,000, plus an expense-paid trip