Financial Education Resources for College Educators

Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program Accepting Applications
Would you like to become a professor? Apply for the Accounting Doctoral Scholars Program. Thirty candidates will be awarded a $30,000 four-year annual stipend for doctoral studies in auditing or tax at participating universities. Application deadline is October 1.

Me, Myself, My Money
Me, Myself, My Money is a series of lessons for high school and college students that introduce, educate and increase awareness about the basic financial concepts necessary for responsible personal financial management.

Hands on Banking
The Hands On Banking program teaches your students about basic money tools and skills. The downloadable Instructor Guides provide everything you need to guide your students through real-life scenarios, group discussions, and valuable activities.

Practical Money Skills
To help students of all ages learn the essentials of personal finance, Visa® has partnered with leading consumer advocates, educator, and financial institutions to create the Practical Money Skills program.

Money Smart
The FDIC’s Money Smart for Young Adults curriculum helps youth ages 12-20 learn the basics of handling their money and finances, including how to create positive relationships with financial institutions. The program consists of eight instructor-led modules. Each module includes a fully scripted instructor guide, participant guide, and overhead slides. The materials also include an optional computer-based scenario that allows students to complete realistic exercises based on each module. The curriculum is distributed on CD and is free.

Money Skill®
MoneySKILL is a free online reality-based personal finance course for young adults developed by the American Financial Services Association Education Foundation. The curriculum covers the content areas of income, expenses, assets, liabilities and risk management. A life simulation module asks students to project their own financial life expectancies in areas such as employment, housing, transportation, education, marriage, family and retirement. It also allows students to incorporate the MoneySKILL personal finance concepts into their everyday lives, thus providing them with knowledge and skills that will last a lifetime.

Money and Stuff
Savings. Credit reports. Investments. What do these words really mean? This site makes it easy for you to teach financial concepts to your students, regardless of age.