Center for Financial Literacy
The IRSC Center for Financial Literacy (CFFL) is the recipient of the Marilyn C. Link Endowed Teaching Chair in Financial Management from 2017 to 2020. The Center’s mission is to provide financial literacy educational programs, activities and materials to assist students and the community in making informed financial decision-making.
Financial Literacy
The IRSC Center for Financial Literacy’s mission is to provide financial literacy educational programs, activities and materials to assist students and the community in making informed financial decision-making.
A study by the Program for International Assessment showed that 15-year-old American students ranked 6th among their counterparts in 19 countries in financial literacy (PISA, 2018). Almost 18% of American students cannot perform basic financial literacy tasks (Lusardi, 2015). College graduates lack basic financial literacy in issues of spending, use of debit and credit cards, budgeting, debt management and saving (Farrington, 2014).
The IRSC Center for Financial Literacy provides activities and essential tools and resources to prepare students to improve their financial decision-making to enable them to achieve long-term financial stability while promoting critical thinking in applied contexts to assist them in succeeding in their academic pathways. This purpose is parallel to IRSC’s commitment to develop a highly skilled workforce and cultivate student success.
Financial Literacy Lecture Series
The IRSC Center for Financial Literacy presented its Fall seminar online via Zoom on September 20 and 21. Listen to the recordings:
The IRSC Center for Financial Literacy has presented multi-day lecture programs featuring professional speakers presenting on such topics as credit management and identity theft, savings and insurance, and dealing with financial trouble.
Meet IRSC
Maria Salome E. Davis, D.B.A.
Professor, Social Sciences Department
Recipient of the Marilyn C. Link Endowed Teaching Chair in Financial Management
IRSC Center for Financial Literacy
medavis@irsc.edu
772-226-2557
Samuel P. Mikhail, Ph.D.
Consultant for IRSC Center for Financial Literacy
Professor, Social Science
smikhail@irsc.edu
