By Bobby Blanchard The UT System announced its commitment to make information on college costs and financial aid easier to understand and more readily available for students by 2013, according […]
By Kim Clark and Beth Braverman (MONEY Magazine) — You knew it was bad, but now that your child is close or getting ready to go to college, you’re starting […]
By RACHEL LOUISE ENSIGN College acceptance letters are rolling in. Now the hard part-figuring out where the kids can afford to go. WSJ’s Rachel Louise Ensign shares what’s key to […]
By Liz Farmer The Office of Student Financial Services must use current tuition rates to determine financial aid because the Board of Regents has yet to set a date for […]
By LEE BIERER McClatchy Newspapers Take a deep breath, hit the “submit” button and then exhale. Thousands of students are doing this every day. But, at the same time they […]
By Laura Rowley College Finance Oct. 29 is the federal deadline for U.S. colleges to put “net price calculators” on their websites. These tools are supposed to estimate the actual […]
By Ryan Utter There’s a belief that minorities receive more scholarships and grants than other students. This belief may also be the reason many students are inhibited from applying for […]
Posted by Shannon Rasberry It’s getting harder to pay for college. Not only is the economy in bad shape and unemployment high, but now previously reliable sources of federal financial […]
Written by Libby A. Nelson New federal requirements have lately been likely to draw groans and complaints from college and university officials who feel deluged by ever-changing rules and […]
Originally Posted by Shannon Rasberry on Sep 1, 2011 in Student Loan Legislation The future of a state program for student loans in Texas will be decided by voters during […]
By College Savings Foundation WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2011 — /PRNewswire/ — Parents of college bound children are resigning themselves to the reality that the buck stops at their doorstep in […]
By Liz Skinner Financial advisers who go beyond what is typical in terms of helping with college planning are finding that clients reward them later with assets. Certainly, many advisers […]
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz Higher Education Commissioner Raymund Paredes is warning that the Legislature’s reduction in funding for the state’s main financial aid program could threaten its viability as an […]
By Beau Yarbrough Gavin Santos is not the sort of student anyone would expect would have trouble getting through college. A 2009 Hesperia High School graduate, Santos was a star […]
By Lisa Lambert, Reuters (Reuters) – When Emi Young decided to attend Pomona College in California a few years ago, she broke with a tradition as closely associated with U.S. […]
For much of the last decade, the federal student loan programs served as a piggy bank as Congress looked for money to cut or redistribute for other purposes. The “profits” […]
As portrayed on the left axis, median income has hovered around $33,000 since 1988. Meanwhile, college tuition and fees — portrayed on the right axis — have more than doubled. […]
Equal access to a high-quality education is the foundation for success, both for our kids and for our country. We’re lucky to have many world-class colleges and universities right here […]
Almost 20 states have cut funding for colleges, raising costs for students — starting now With freshman orientation right around the corner, many college students and their parents are about […]
My colleagues and I are often asked if there is a secret to making college affordable. Where can students find unclaimed scholarship money? How do you maximize financial aid? At […]
By Kathy Kristof What’s the most expensive purchase you’ll ever make? If you’re about to say “a house,” stop and think for another second. Did your house cost $250,000 plus […]
By Christina Couch There’s only one golden rule of college finance — look beyond the sticker price. For students with good grades, these institutions are educational steals, thanks to their […]
The higher education industry is heavily subsidized by the federal government. These subsidies play a significant role in the high profitability of the industry and represent a massive transfer of […]
What do you get when college costs skyrocket but incomes barely budge? Yet another blow to the middle class. “As the out-of-pocket costs of a college education go up faster […]
A seminar entitled “How to Pay for College” was hosted recently by The Bank of New Canaan, featuring a presentation by financial adviser Charles Wareham of LPL Financial of Hartford. […]
By Anna Mitchell CLEMSON — For-profit college students are defaulting at double-digit rates on federally backed education loans. New federal regulations aimed at controlling the industry, though, also affect nonprofit […]
Higher education is an investment – and like many good investments – individuals must often think long-term to reap the benefits. College graduates often have better employment opportunities, financial stability, […]
A report released today by The Education Trust documents how the financial-aid policies of colleges, universities, states, and the federal government together limit — rather than expand — access to […]
Higher education officials estimate nearly 30,000 fewer students would get Texas Grants under financial aid decisions made Monday by legislative negotiators. A total of 106,000 students got Texas grants in […]
By Ralph K.M. Haurwitz “Texas Republicans in the State House do not care about college students.” So begins an online petition circulated by the Texas College Democrats. Leaders of the […]
