The Center for
Mathematics and Quantitative Education at Dartmouth

The Financial Literacy Center Money Matters
The Financial Literacy Initiative at Dartmouth College

A project of the Center for Mathematics and Quantitative Education at Dartmouth and the Financial Literacy Center.

Mastering Money Skills: Straight Talk for College Seniors Entering the World of Work

Seventeen short and three longer video presentations dealing with budgeting, credit, insurance, saving, and investments, gleaned from three special seminars for graduating Dartmouth seniors.

Video presentations for faculty development and classroom discussion:

Money Matters - VIDEO: Improving Financial Literacy and Quantitative Reasoning
Money Matters - VIDEO: Financial Literacy in the Quantitative Reasoning Classroom
Corrine Taylor, Director of the Quantitative Reasoning Program at Wellesley College and leader in the Quantitative Literacy movement, explains how a focus on financial literacy complements and strengthens a course in quantitative reasoning. In the second video, Dr. Taylor describes some lessons in financial literacy that are part of her course in quantitative reasoning at Wellesley College.

Money Matters - VIDEO: Savings and Debt
Money Matters - VIDEO: Investment and Insurance
Eric Gaze, Director of the Quantitative Reasoning Program at Bowdoin College, describes basic financial calculations concerning savings and debt that students can use to understand their financial situation. He also points out the relevance of these calculations to the middle school mathematics curriculum. In the second video, Dr. Gaze describes basic financial calculations concerning investments and insurance that students can use to understand their financial situation.

Short video presentations of case studies

Money Matters Case Study - VIDEO: Good Car/Bad Car
Money Matters Case Study - VIDEO: Risky Car Deal
Money Matters Case Study - VIDEO: A Little Today
Colleen Andrasko, Retirement Plan Administrator at Dartmouth College, presents a case study of the implications of two very different car purchases. The second video describes a defaulted car loan and the tax implications. The third tells the story of a woman who, entering the workforce late in life, neglects to save anything for retirement.