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South Coast University Adds Financial Literacy Class; Part Of Growing Trend

College can get you ready for many things, but some recent studies that most graduates are ill prepared when it comes to their financial literacy. They often struggle with issues like budges, loans, and setting aside money for retirement funds. Cal Lutheran in Thousand Oaks is part of a small, but growing number of colleges to offer a for-credit personal finance class.

University officials say it’s important to give student the tools to make important financial decisions during, and after college. CLU is the parent of KCLU Radio.

Lance Orozco has been News Director of KCLU since 2001, providing award-winning coverage of some of the biggest news events in the region, including the Thomas and Woolsey brush fires, the deadly Montecito debris flow, the Borderline Bar and Grill attack, and Ronald Reagan's funeral.