Aug 24, 2019 | Article, Cost of College, Paying for College, student loans
Parents are a vital source of financial support for their college students. For a varieity of reasons many families have “GAP” to pay for the balance of education and schools often promote to parents the oppportunity to fund the cost of college through a...
Jun 14, 2018 | Article, Cost of College, Financial Literacy
Our bi-annual research on College Parents consistently finds that paying for college is most often the 2nd largest expense in the life of a family. Next to purchasing a home, paying for college can be a daunting event. Yet according to a new report titled Decoding...
Nov 8, 2016 | Article, Cost of College, Financial Literacy, Insurance, Paying for College, Research & Advocacy, student loans
Carlo Salerno, is an education economist who is focused on college access, completion, and affordability, wrote an excellent article in Forbes recently titled “Solving the College Affordability Problem with Student Loan Insurance.” The article discusses...
Aug 9, 2016 | Article, Campus Safety, Completing, First Weeks of College, Preparing, Transitioning
2016 feels unique. In truth every year is unique, but modern media makes certain trends more obvious. Just think for a moment, the world is unstable. There is needless violence. Police shootings and terrorist attacks. Conflicts among religions and races. Enormous...
Jan 19, 2016 | Cost of College, Preparing
We are frequent advocates of better consumer information for students and their families. As a result we were pleased to read today’s article by fellow parent and New York Times columnist Ron Lieber. His article Concealing the Calculus of Higher...
Mar 9, 2015 | Article, Completing, Research & Advocacy
This is an important article from The Atlantic. It highlights the complex issues surrounding how colleges and universities manage mental health issues of students. A key point to recognize is that despite clear rights of students, it is sometimes difficult to clearly...
Mar 12, 2014 | Article, Completing, Post College, Research & Advocacy
image by flickr user lendingmemo (cc license) Over the past four months, debit cards on college campuses have faced heightened scrutiny. Much of this scrutiny has come from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and the Government Accountability Office (GAO)....
Feb 18, 2014 | Article, Research & Advocacy
pic by flickr user nesster (cc license) The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) continues its push for sunshine/transparency for financial organizations’ relationships with institutions of higher education. In a blog post last week, the CFPB discussed how many...
Dec 20, 2013 | Article, Completing
image from flickr user images_of_money Expanding transparency around colleges is always a concern. Families and students, who are often viewed as “consumers” of higher education, are rightfully due the disclosure of a bevy of relevant information about...
