Skip to main content

College students and credit (WEAU-TV, Eau Claire)

Think back to your freshman year of college: what comes to mind?

Maybe meeting new people, taking tough classes or ordering pizza every night?That first year of freedom brings big changes for many new students. The most daunting may be managing their money for the first time.UW-Eau Claire allows credit card companies to market to students but only if a student organization or academic department sponsors the company’s visit to campus.

Policies vary by school in the UW-System, but at UW-Stout and UW-Madison, school leaders restrict where credit card companies or other marketing organizations can try to sell to students