Dollar$ and Sense:  
Personal Finance for the
21st Century

Awards:
Emmy - Aegis Award of Excellence - International CINDY

Dollar$ & Sense: Personal Finance for the 21st Century is an exciting instructional course containing twenty-six 30-minute videos that will improve the money management skills of students. Dollar$ & Sense teaches students how to manage their money effectively and strengthens your distance-learning curriculum by offering a topic that is in high demand. With the number of personal bankruptcies now exceeding one million each year, and many students leaving college with enormously high credit card balances, Dollar$ & Sense meets a critical need in today's society.


26 half-hour video lessons

DOL-101:  Your Personal Financial Plan 
DOL-102:  Basic Economic Principles 
DOL-103:  Personal Career Strategies 
DOL-104:  Money Management Strategies 
DOL-105:  Planning Your Tax Strategy 
DOL-106:  Banking Services of Financial
                   Institutions
 
DOL-107:  Introduction to Consumer Credit 
DOL-108:  Choosing Sources of Consumer
                   Credit
 
DOL-109:  Credit Problems 
DOL-110:  Legal Aspects of Protecting
                   Your Wealth
 
DOL-111:  Consumer Purchasing Strategies 
DOL-112:  Transportation Costs 
DOL-113:  The Finances of Housing 
DOL-114:  Personal Risk and Insurance 
DOL-115:  Home, Auto, and Business
                   Insurance 
DOL-116:  Health and Disability Insurance 
DOL-117:  Life Insurance 
DOL-118:  Fundamentals of Investing 
DOL-119:  Investing in Stocks 
DOL-120:  Investing in Bonds 
DOL-121:  Investing in Mutual Funds 
DOL-122:  Real Estate and Other Investment
                   Alternatives
 
DOL-123:  Retirement Planning 
DOL-124:  Estate Planning 
DOL-125:  Deception in the Marketplace 
DOL-126:  Evaluating Your Commitment to
                   Your Financial Goals
 

Summer Schedules Needed

In order to ensure accurate, timely delivery of telecourse materials we need your Summer 2005 schedule for the ACT Telecourse Rental Program no later than April 15, 2005.

You can download a Telecourse Planning Report for your institution at www.rmimedia.com/cc/reports.do. This report will show the courses that have been registered with ACT in the past in Adobe PDF Format. You can also print the report and use it as a worksheet to indicate selected courses for Summer 2005.

Fax your updated forms to ACT at 800/755-6910 before April 15, 2005. You can also e-mail your schedule information to rmi.customer.service@act.org.

Questions? Please contact customer service by telephone, fax or e-mail.

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April 2005