USA Funds^® Life Skills^® Module 6, “Embrace New Academic Challenges — Drafting Your Professional Plan,” assists students who are considering or beginning graduate or professional programs of study.

The module teaches students how to:

• Determine their financial needs.
• Assess the return on their investment in further education.
• Chart a time line for completing their program of study.
• Adjust to the graduate- or professional-school experience.

The module offers a Professional Resource Manual for students and Trainer's Manual for presenters. Also packaged with the Professional Resource Manual is a CD-ROM that offers students interactive exercises for developing a time line for the completion of their degree work and a personalized list of key contacts.

Trainer’s materials include a CD-ROM that provides a step-by-step training guide, PowerPoint presentations, the contents of the student CD-ROM, and the student-feedback form.