Unfortunately, financial education is not a mandatory class in most high schools or colleges.

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For many students, the mandatory, oft-lamented freshman writing class is their first exposure to those elements of personal growth that are central to leadership.

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In May Merrill Lynch agreed to replace its mandatory policy with a voluntary one as part of a settlement of a class action sex discrimination suit.

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