Financing your education

One of the most important decisions you can make in your life is to decide how to pay for your education.

Education is a very big thing for all of us and is the key to our success.  Often this “big thing” is ignored because of financial problems, and having the option to look for a grant or scholarship. Just as you investigate which schools have the best programs for you, it is still necessary that you gather information about the best possible way to finance your education and your future.
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3 Benefits for schools that invest in student planners

There are certain investments that every school can make, from new technology in the classroom to more comfortable desks and chairs. One of those investments is a student planner. Every school has the option to hand out these agendas to their students at the beginning of the school year. However, many schools don’t see this as a necessary investment.

They reason that the student can buy a planner if they want to use one. At the same time, there are a number of benefits for schools that do invest in planners for their students. If you are still on the fence about asking this investment for your school, here are a few benefits to purchasing school-wide agendas.
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BCG Growth-Share Matrix

BCG or the growth-share matrix are the same thing. The BCG stands for Boston Consulting’s Group portfolio. This is a very useful and nice overview of the marketing portfolio of a company. In order to understand the BCG, you should think of it as a square that is divided into four equal fields. This square grid has a vertical and horizontal axis. A vertical one shows high and low market growth rate, while the horizontal one shows high and low relative market share. In other words, vertically, you show the cash usage, while horizontally, you show the cash generation.  This makes four fields in the BCG matrix. Their names are: Star, Question Mark or Problem Child, Cow and Dog. Here is what you need to know about each of them.

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