At the March 17 meeting of the Connecticut Department of Higher Education, Commissioner Michael Meotti and Associate Director Mark French demonstrated a new online financial literacy game, called Who Wants to Be Financially Responsible? The interactive course, found at flip.ctdhe.org, designed to help young adults become more confident in managing financial matters, is a collaborative effort by the department, Connecticut Public Broadcasting, the University of Connecticut and other colleges is supported by funds from a settlement between the Connecticut Department of Banking and UBS PaineWebber. The Department of Higher Education will urge colleges to include the program in first-year experience classes. For more, click here.
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