Tech & Financial Literacy: Higher One Announces Next-Generation Financial Literacy Program

Higher One, a leading provider of financial services and data analytics to over 1,600 colleges and universities across the country, announced a new partnership with EverFi.  The partnership aims to bring critical financial literacy skills to students through the Web and other digital technologies.

The Higher One Financial Scholars Program, as it is called, will reach 50 high schools across nine states throughout the country.  The web-based learning program will utilize the latest technologies including video, animations, 3-D gaming and social networking, all in hopes of bringing the most complex financial concepts to life for today’s digital generation.  Judy Fletcher, a teacher at a participating high school stated, “The Higher One Financial Scholars program provides students with great information that they will be able to use in the real world.” In regards to the program itself, Fletcher felt that the program’s pre and post assessment features provide the critical feedback needed for teachers in order to properly educate them on these essential skills.

The course, a 10-unit program, features over six hours of programming aimed at teaching and assessing students in financial topics such as credit scores, insurance, credit cards, student loans, and savings.  The students’ progress in the program will be recorded and then analyzed making teacher intervention simpler.

With financial literacy education being so necessary for future success, innovations such as these are necessary to better reach this generation of internet savvy youth.  For more information on the EverFi and Higher One partnership, as well as the student program, please click here.