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This chapter provides three case studies of what this book terms “Seed Programs.” These are the financial education programs of Grand Valley State University in Michigan, University of Texas at San Antonio and Purchase College in New York. The seed program or aspirational typology is used in this book to describe programs for which the “seed” of financial education has been planted, but there may be limited enthusiasm and/or resources to develop, sustain, or grow the program. Often managed by a program coordinator, the Seed Program Model is invariably not led by a program champion and is often little more than a symbol of need and aspiration, rather than an effective organization to address the financial education need. The seed programs may germinate from an administrator’s (or an influential person’s) belief that a financial education program is a good idea for the institution. That administrator may himself/herself have a passion for financial education but at the time is unable to devote the time or energy to the development of the program.
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Danns, D.E. (2016). The Seed Program Case Studies. In: Financial Education in U.S. State Colleges and Universities. SpringerBriefs in Psychology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24430-3_5
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