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	Consumer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In standard microeconomic theory, a consumer is assumed to have a budget which can be spent on a range of goods and services available on the market.
		Under the assumption of rationality, the budget allocation is chosen according to the preference of the consumer, i.e.
		In time-series models of consumer behaviour, the consumer may also invest a proportion of their budget in order to gain a greater budget in future periods.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Consumer (346 words)

	Position paper on Consumer Education
		The Education Subcommittee, one of three subcommittees, was charged with developing a consumer education campaign so that customers have the education and information they need to make informed decisions about their energy supply needs in the new competitive environment.
		Other states have recognized that their consumers do not yet have the information or ability to make informed decisions regarding their energy purchases and are developing intensive customer education programs to remedy this problem.
		To ensure that consumers fully understand their choices and are encouraged to participate in the competitive market, the Ratepayer Advocate pledges to vigorously pursue the creation of a funded statewide education program which will be prepared and managed by professionals with the advice and assistance of the stakeholders representing utilities, marketers, consumers and regulators.
	www.rpa.state.nj.us /conseduc.htm (4387 words)

	home - Consumer education - National Consumer Council (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		For consumers to be truly effective and demanding in their selection and use of goods and services, they need more than simply information - they need to be able to use that information.
		Consumer education is concerned with the skills, attitudes, knowledge and understanding necessary to become an effective consumer.
		Consumer education encourages the exploration of the political dimension of consuming, examining the way consumer issues touch upon social, environmental, political, local, national and global concerns.
	www.ncc.org.uk /consumereducation (415 words)

	Consumer Education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On the basis of such information the consumer should be able to make a rational choice between competing products and services and use them safely and to his /her satisfaction.
		The Consumer Education Programme of the Consumer Affairs Division aims at upgrading the level of consumer consciousness and empowerment throughout Trinidad and Tobago.
		They are designed to create and sustain consumer awareness, and promote the development of consumer interest groups, buyers clubs and the principles of group lobby.
	www.consumer.gov.tt /services/consumereducation.htm (331 words)

	Consumer education -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		(A person who uses goods or services) Consumer education is part of the formal school curriculum in many places.
		Consumer education incorporates (The psychological result of perception and learning and reasoning) knowledge from many disciplines, not limited to...
		One magazine devoted to providing consumers with accurate reviews of products is (Click link for more info and facts about Consumer Reports) Consumer Reports, not to be confused with (Click link for more info and facts about Consumers Digest) Consumers Digest.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/consumer_education.htm (196 words)

	RIDE - Standards, Instruction, and Student Assessment- Family and Consumer Sciences Education
		Family and consumer sciences was widely agreed upon as best depicting the profession's shifts from emphasis on technical homemaking skills to strong focus on broader family and society issues.
		The knowledge base of family and consumer sciences is generated by concern with an area of problems - the problems of the home and family.
		Today, family and consumer sciences addresses the issues of family communication, parenting and child development, the balance of work and family, nutrition, and management of personal finances.
	www.ridoe.net /standards/frameworks/famconsumersciencesed.htm (591 words)

	Distance Education: A Consumer's Guide -- What is distance education? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Distance education is instruction that occurs when the instructor and student are separated by distance or time, or both.
		Recent advances in telecommunication technologies have radically altered the world of education, greatly increasing the choices and opportunities for consumers.
		It is your responsibility as a consumer to educate yourself about distance education.
	www.wcet.info /resources/publications/conguide/conguida.htm (168 words)

	ABI \| Consumer Education Center (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Consumer cases are particularly affected, in that there are new requirements to meet before one is eligible to file and receive a discharge from debts.
		This important section of ABI World is designed to help consumers survive money problems, rebuild their credit and recover before or after bankruptcy.
		The information and links from this section can help you determine when bankruptcy is the appropriate choice (and what to do then) or whether alternatives to bankruptcy (such as debt or credit counseling) are a wiser course.
	www.abiworld.org /Template.cfm?Section=Consumer_Education_Center (247 words)

	Academic Departments
		As a family and consumer sciences educator, you can make a lifelong impact.
		Purdue’s CFS Education graduates are in high demand and often receive several job offers.
		As a student, you can focus on different family and consumer sciences areas and could combine the CFS Education major with other majors in the college.
	www.cfs.purdue.edu /pages/academic/education.html (174 words)

	Telecom Hot Websites at the Discount Long Distance Digest (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		CUB is a nonpartisan, nonprofit statewide organization funded by Illinois consumers and a grant from the Illinois Clean Energy Community Trust.
		A consumer advocacy group that reports on telecom competition, or lack thereof.
		Office of Public Utility Counsel - To ensure that Texas consumers are effectively and efficiently served by high-quality professionals and businesses by setting clear standards, maintaining compliance, and seeking market-based standards.
	www.thedigest.com /telecommunications-resources/consumer-education.html (387 words)

	Family & Consumer Education
		Family & Consumer Education programs help families and individuals meet their basic needs and make wise choices that are important to a successful, healthy, responsible, and productive life.
		County, area and state professionals provide educational programs that focus on family development, financial management, parenting, home-based businesses, nutrition, health, food safety, housing, clothing, and consumer education.
		Through preventive education, the Family & Consumer Education program helps families and individuals improve their lives through an educational process that uses scientific information to address issues and needs.
	msucares.com /home_family/consumered (210 words)

	Family and Consumer Sciences Education Fact Sheet
		Since education is a people-centered profession, the program focuses on characteristics of various learners or clients, learning principles and different applications of the teaching-learning process.
		As a family and consumer sciences educator, the FCSE student is prepared with a comprehensive subject matter background.
		Since the family and consumer sciences education major has preparation across all areas of family and consumer sciences, a wide variety of career opportunities in the field is possible.
	www.ndsu.edu /ndsu/academic/factsheets/hde/famconsc.shtml (915 words)

	Kuluttajavirasto - CONSUMER EDUCATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Consumer education can be sub-divided into areas of study and detailed aims in a number of ways.
		Areas such as, for instance, consumer representation and information technology, have not been highlighted as separate fields of study in this structure but appear as detailed aims or headings under the chosen areas of study.
		Source: Proposal of objectives for and content of consumer education in the compulsory school level in the Nordic countries
	www.kuluttajavirasto.fi /user_nf?site=36&lmf=0&tmf=9672&mode=readdoc (310 words)

	SCDCA Home Page
		Achieving a continuous measure of success is no easy task, but during the last 30 years the Department of Consumer Affairs has blazed a trail of protecting consumers that has met the test of time.
		With a thirty-year tradition of results behind it, the Department continues to focus on emerging consumer issues in South Carolina, the nation and globally.
		Using creative new approaches to consumer education and through dialogue and advocacy, we are helping to formulate and modify consumer laws, policies, regulations and grow a new generation of consumer advocates.
	www.scconsumer.gov (158 words)

	Delv.co.uk: consumer education websites in the UK (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Blue Moon is a comprehensive supplier of young adult and children's educational and entertainment software.
		A family based company offering educational placement and guardianship at both state schools and private schools, with a network of guardians throughout the United Kingdom.
		Consumer education is education people pursue for the sake of entering the consumer goods market with a more sophisticated understanding of that market, and the products, suppliers and
	www.lacc.co.uk /cottages/consumer_education.html (381 words)

	Consumer Credit Counseling and Debt Consolidation
		American Consumer Credit Counseling is dedicated to providing consumers with financial resources to help better manage their personal finances.
		American Consumer Credit Counseling's confidential debt management program is individually designed to provide consumers with a unique solution for their financial situation.
		Professionally trained and independently certified counselors evaluate a consumer's financial situation, assist in creating a budget, work with creditors and provide education so that they can properly manage their finances and secure a debt-free future.
	www.consumercredit.com (227 words)

	Consumer Education Portal: Home : Consumer advice, information, consumer rights, consumer legislation, consumer ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Consumer Education Portal: Home : Consumer advice, information, consumer rights, consumer legislation, consumer education and help on customer care from the General Consumer Council for Northern Ireland UK Portal Home
		Consumer education in schools is about helping young people to develop the knowledge, understanding, attitudes and skills needed to make informed and responsible consumer decisions.
		Click here to download tried and tested consumer education lesson plans for a range of subjects or to contribute a lesson plan to the portal.
	portal.consumerline.org (132 words)

	National Institute for Consumer Education
		The National Institute for Consumer Education is a service arm of the College of Education at Eastern Michigan University.
		The mission of NICE is to empower people through education to become informed consumers, reasoned decision makers and participating citizens in a global marketplace.
		Since its establishment in 1973, NICE has served as an advocate for consumer education in the nationþs schools, workplaces and communities.
	consumerlawpage.com /article/consedu.shtml (485 words)

	Welcome to the Consumer Education Web Site (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Discussion of moral issues, learning to use appropriate language and concepts, taking other people's perspectives, negotiating class or school rules and discussing issues of shared concern can all assist children in becoming more morally sensitive and aware of their own rights and responsibility.
		Citizenship education also encourages pupils to think about their actions, values and beliefs.
		Citizenship education has strong links with aspects of personal, social and health education and promotes spiritual, moral, social and cultural development.
	www.consumereducation.org.uk /features/citizenship.htm (574 words)

	AutoBuyology: Negotiating Price: Auto Buyer Consumer Education Resources
		More evidence that consumers are the targets between the cross-hairs of the jungle warfare waged between competing manufacturers and retailers and against consumers by savvy and tricky wholesalers, retailers and merchants.
		For used cars, Consumer Reports publishes a list of lemon vehicles for vehicle models which have proven to be lemony yellow in color and behavior based on a longer review period over several years.
		The job of consumers is to exercise their moderating effects on profit creep and price gouging and to keep manufacturer and dealer profits to an absolute minimum.
	www.autobuyology.org /car5.html (7480 words)

	Consumer Education
		The S.C. Department of Consumer Affairs utilizes workshops, speeches, and media presentations to provide consumer education assistance to a wide cross-section of South Carolina.
		Educational activities focus on "preventative consumerism", how to avoid frauds and schemes, healty skepticism, effective consumer practices in handling consumer transactions ranging from automobile repairs to mail order purchases, coping with marketplace practices and communicating more effectively with businesses in the resolution of complaints and problems arising out of consumer purchases of goods and services.
		Educational programs are directed towards students and teachers K-12 and college levels as well as health institutions, churchs, educational programs, senior citizens groups, etc.
	www.scconsumer.gov /consumer_education.htm (202 words)

	Consumer Connection: ABA Education Foundation - Consumer Connection
		Welcome to the Consumer Connection, your one-stop source for information and advice on banking and personal finance, brought to you by the ABA Education Foundation.
		he ABA Education Foundation and Scholastic teamed up to produce financial literacy lessons for students in grades 7-12.
		Under a new Federal law, you have the right to receive a free copy of your credit report once every 12 months from each of the three nationwide consumer reporting companies.
	www.aba.com /Consumer+Connection (131 words)

	MyDAS homepage
		Understanding is a critical element that drives consumers to buy or try new products or services.An experience with your product or service that meets or exceeds consumer expectations is what will drive retention and even loyalty.
		The Consumer Education process begins with a customer-centric approach to better understanding the issues and barriers that your account holders face.
		The education develops a knowledge pathway that is transformed into engaging web-based multimedia modules that are experienced by your account holders in a variety of environments and tools.
	www.mydas.com /consumerED.htm (236 words)

	Consumer Education in Renewable Energy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The goal of this account is educate consumers, generate public interest about renewable energy resources, build and maintain a consumer-driven market for renewable power through consumer education.
		Various marketing materials and activities have been created and conducted to educate adults and children about renewable energy.
		Consumer outreach includes brochures, consumer guides, fact sheets, public activities, mass media efforts such as TV and radio messages, school programs, a toll-free phone number and website.
	www.energy.ca.gov /renewables/consumer_education.html (423 words)

	CONSUMER EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
		Consumer Education Strategy of the Financial Services Board
		The Consumer Education Department has been actively engaged in promoting the education of consumers in communities as well as the integration of finan
		The FSB has been, and continues to be well supported by all its stakeholders in the development of the strategy document which outlines the Consumer Education Initiative and the consumer education materials as well as preparation for implementation of the broader sub strategies contained in the Consumer Education Initiative.
	www.fsb.co.za /ConsumerEdu/consumer_edu.htm (123 words)

	grants consumer education (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Grants are made at the local education authorities discretion, so the policy varies from authority to...
		Consumer Action - Consumer Education and Advocacy since 1971...
		The Foundation administers consumer trust funds and distributes grants to...
	www.thebestgrantsinfo.com /38/grants-consumer-education.html (287 words)

	FinAid \| Scholarships \| Consumer Education Materials
		The goal is educate students and their families about how to identify scholarship scams and rip-offs.
		Principals and guidance counselors who are interested in receiving a consumer education information kit should write to Federal Trade Commission, PO Box 996, Washington, DC 20580, or send email to consumerline@ftc.gov.
		FinAid also provides consumer education materials that educators, financial aid administrators, guidance counselors, principals and consumers are welcome to distribute, so long as they do not charge students for copies of the materials.
	www.finaid.org /scholarships/education.phtml (206 words)

	consumer education
		Aims to increase consumer awareness of the results of scientific research into healthy eating and physical activity.
		Co-ordinated by the Partnership for Food Safety Education, a partnership between industry, consumer and government groups which aims to educated the American public on safe food handling practices.
		The Consumer Food Safety Briefing Room covers consumer education for safe food handling, consumer behaviour with regard to food safety, and strategies for reducing foodborne illness.
	agrifor.ac.uk /browse/cabi/fd940d72f3f89c749b1f36d74110b836.html (385 words)

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