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According to
Lechter, member of
the first President’s
Advisory Council,
“The Your Financial
Mastery program
empowers students
to become
masters of their money rather than slaves to it—by addressing
entrepreneurship, real estate investing, asset protection and
charitable giving along with more traditional topics such as
banking, budgeting, investing, insurance and estate planning.
“Money management,” Lechter points out, “is a life skill that is
critical for the success of everyone and should be a requirement
for every student.”
How Your Financial Mastery Works
Your Financial Mastery is designed to increase retention and
positively modify financial behaviors among students while
allowing institutions to establish financial literacy programs on
campus easily. The curriculum employs the “flipped classroom”
model, which enhances student learning by utilizing online video
lectures and carefully planned, instructor-led activities and
discussions. In addition, the curriculum is backed by practical,
real-life examples and comes equipped with a powerful online
companion site to house its many interactive resources.
This well-researched and groundbreaking educational
format increases the opportunity for interaction among course
participants. As a result, students develop the tools needed to
make conscious behavioral changes in their financial life, setting
them up for future success.
About the Creators of Your Financial Mastery
Sharon Lechter is internationally renowned author, lecturer,
and founder of Pay Your Family First. Totman has dedicated
her life and career to educating individuals and families about
the importance of finance. Finally, iGrad is an organization
dedicated to financial literacy and has partnered with more
than 600 schools to offer, along with the curriculum, a financial
literacy platform that connects more than 1.2 million students
to a customizable, adaptive learning financial education
platform with optional video-based student loan entrance and
exit counseling. Its mission is to empower students along with
alumni, staff, parents, and families to make effective personal
finance, student loan, and career decisions throughout their
lives. For more information about the Your Financial Mastery—
financial literacy curriculum and iGrad, please visit schools.
igrad.com/course or email PR@iGrad.com. ✏
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How iGrad Has
“Flipped” Financial Literacy
Kyle Gonnell, Marketing Manager, iGrad
o explore the effectiveness of financial literacy
programs in higher education, iGrad recently
conducted a College Administrator Financial Literacy
Survey. The results clearly indicate a positive
correlation between financial literacy programs and
improved financial proficiency among students. In
fact, of the nearly 300 institutions that responded,
17.3 percent reported that at least 50 percent of their
student population
took less than
the maximum
amount allowed
in student aid.
This is compared
to 12.6 percent
from institutions
lacking any sort of
financial literacy
curriculum.
Proactively
understanding
the connection
between financial
literacy and
better money
management,
iGrad, in
conjunction with
Pay Your Family
First and best-
selling author
Sharon Lechter
(of the Rich Dad,
Poor Dad series)
and Certified
Personal and
Family Finance
Educator
Angela Totman,
developed a one-of-a-kind, innovative financial
literacy curriculum. While meeting all the Core
Competencies established by the Department
of Treasury for financial literacy, the curriculum,
entitled Your Financial Mastery, offers institutions
an innovative method to “flip” financial literacy for
their students while presenting institutions with
the required tools to develop and execute effective
financial literacy programs.
Your Financial Mastery
is designed to increase
retention and positively
modify financial behaviors
among students while
allowing institutions to
establish financial literacy
programs on campus easily.