In the United States, college debt is a serious issue, with the total student debt totaling $1.757 trillion and the average college student leaving school with $39,590 in debt (Hanson, 2023). MassEdCO, a non-profit organization in Massachusetts, sponsored us to create a resource to help combat this student debt problem. To start, we conducted background research to better understand the intricacies of the student debt problem and financial literacy. We then conducted interviews with experts in the field, as well as focus groups with students, to better understand the most important parts of financial literacy in regards to post-secondary education. Finally, we compiled our data and, using our knowledge of games, created an interactive resource for MassEdCO to use with their students in the form of a card game.

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Creator

• Holohan, Keston
• Gronda, Nicolas
• Sicard, Lucas
• Ewen, Jacob

Subject

• Learning
• Project-Based Learning

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050323-145810
• 108486

Keyword

• Students
• Education
• Post-Secondary Education
• Financial Literacy

Advisor

• Roberts, Laura
• Elmes, Michael B.

Year

• 2023

Center

• Worcester Community Project Center (Massachusetts) - IQP

Sponsor

• MassEdCO

UN Sustainable Development Goals

• 4 - Quality Education

Date created

• 2023-05-03

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Source

• E-project-050323-145810

Rights statement

• In Copyright

Last modified

• 2023-06-12