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Advice about managing your money

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A tenure-track faculty member who once succumbed to the lure of plastic tries to dig herself out.

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A financial planner answers questions from our readers about IRA withdrawals and other money matters.

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A financial planner with expertise in advising academics answers questions from our readers about Social Security and other money matters.

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Your ability to make sound investment decisions at each stage of your campus career can influence how everything else turns out.

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Your ability to make sound investment decisions at each stage of your campus career can influence how everything else turns out.

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Your ability to make sound investment decisions at each stage of your campus career can influence how everything else turns out.

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Just starting out as a new faculty member? It's time to start thinking about your retirement, advises a retiring professor.

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Socially responsible mutual funds appeal to academics hoping to mesh their investments and their politics. Here's what to consider before investing in one.

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Your retirement accounts have taken a beating and you can't retire unless you have enough to live on. So, just how bad is it?

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John Vineyard has a few pointers for academics on how to get started as a consultant.

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You've left graduate school with a Ph.D. and a sizeable amount of debt. Here's how to get started paying it off.

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You've landed your first tenure-track job. Here's what you need to consider for your financial future.

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Which records should you keep, and how long should you keep them?

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Advice for academics who plan to move into one of the many retirement communities springing up near college campuses.

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