Things are changing. First, we are headed for the fiscal cliff at the end of this year, and The Higher Education Act, which affects federal financial...
Tag - Paying For College
How to Get the Most out of your College Tuition Dollars
Tuition is expensive. If you are paying for an education, it is wise to get the most for your money. One way to to do is to go to a school that is...
When Money for College May Not Help
One in five college students gets money from relatives like aunts, uncles, or grandparents to help with college costs. Wow—wouldn’t you like to be...
Making Sense of Financial Aid Offers
On July 24, 2012, the Obama administration debuted a standardized form for colleges to use to inform accepted applicants of their college costs and...
Four Tips to Reduce College Costs
College costs are up and earning power is down. How can families afford college in this new economic environment? Here are four suggestions for...
Parents Paying Less of the Cost of College
In 2007/08 students paid 24% of the cost of their college. Last year students’ share of college costs rose to 30%. Patents’ ability to pay a part of...
Student College Loan Rates Stay Low
Congress acted yesterday (6/29/12) to keep college loan rates at 3.4% before the July deadline when they were set to double. But…
The Story on Student Loan Rates
On July 1 this year federally subsidized student loan interest rates will increase from 3.4% to 6.8% as a result of the failure of Congress to pass...
Students Need Help with their College Debt Now
Rep. George Miller (D-Calif.), the ranking member of the House Education and Workforce Committee, will introduce the “Stop the Student Loan...
No Aid? No Acceptance?
Some of you may find yourselves in a bad situation. You have been accepted to a college(s), but you have not received any aid or not enough aid to...