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Registered Rep.
January 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Five Secrets Colleges Are Keeping From You While universities may lure students with fancy brochures, luxury housing and scenic architecture, the reality is that colleges are high-stakes businesses preoccupied with enhancing their own prestige.   |
Registered Rep.
October 23, 2007
John Churchill |
College Costs: Up, Up and Away Recently released survey of college costs found that tuition and fees at 4-year public universities rose 6.6 percent per year in 2007. |
Registered Rep.
September 16, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The Real Costs of College A net price calculator allows clients to look beyond sticker prices to focus on the only price that matters to a mom and dad: the price they'll pay for their child to attend college. |
Registered Rep.
November 19, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Value Investing for College Several schools recently dubbed the best value by Kiplinger's also charge the highest net prices in the nation. Shame. |
Registered Rep.
May 20, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Unlocking College Data What good are the loads of data about colleges, if families can't access it? Here are four websites that are opening the vault. |
Registered Rep.
April 27, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Savings Don't Hurt Chances For Financial Aid Clients will be in a far better position and enjoy more college options if they've saved for their child's college education. Here's why. |
T.H.E. Journal
October 2004 |
Digital Community Colleges and the Coming of the 'Millenials' Investments in digital technologies have helped community colleges across America prepare for the needs and expectations of so-called "millenials." |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2011
David Juliano |
Financial Aid Pie: Getting a Big Slice Although billions of dollars in financial aid and scholarships are available, applying and qualifying remains a daunting task. Financial advisors can assist clients through it. |
Registered Rep.
October 21, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
An Important Change in Financial Aid What President Obama did by signing an executive order in September to make two seemingly simple changes to the FAFSA process can potentially reap huge benefits to your families with college applicants. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004 |
Higher Education Wireless Access Consortium (HEWAC) and WiSE Technologies The Higher Education Wireless Access Consortium (HEWAC) and WiSE Technologies have joined forces to create a grant program that will provide 10 U.S. colleges with a campus wireless network. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How College Rankings Influence Scholarship Awards For your affluent clients, it's the schools that don't possess the marquee names that will be eager to award their children scholarships. The author's book, The College Solution: A Guide to Everyone Looking for the Right School at the Right Price explains more. |
T.H.E. Journal
December 2000 |
Xap into College Admissions Xap, a Web-based information management system for college-bound students, is now available online from the Xap.com Web site. Xap.com's model is based on the company's formation of close working relationships with several colleges and universities... |
T.H.E. Journal
August 2004 |
FYI ... Weblogs Campus life and university issues are the focus of two new Weblogs. |
Financial Advisor
January 2012
Jerilyn Klein Bier |
College Crunch Advisors should start asking clients where their kids may want to attend college when the kids are high school freshmen or even in middle school, says Mazareas. There's a lot to talk about. |
Registered Rep.
April 22, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Online Cost Calculators May Revolutionize the College Application Process The federal government has mandated that colleges and universities must install net price calculators on their websites by the end of October. |
Registered Rep.
December 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Admissions Fever The college admissions process can drive teens and their parents crazy this time of year. Here are some statistics to get clients of college-bound kids to simmer down. |
Job Journal
February 29, 2004
Marty Nemko |
QUICK FIX: Could You Counsel College Students? Professors used to advise students, but colleges have realized that most profs are more interested in their own research than which courses Jill should take. So colleges now hire counselor types to advise undergraduates. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2011
Dayana Yochim |
4 Things Missing From Your Financial Aid Offer There's a lot of money hiding between the lines of those college aid letters. |
The Motley Fool
February 13, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Get Ready, Get Set for Financial Aid: Part 2 A peek into how schools determine your financial aid package. |
Registered Rep.
June 18, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
How to Handle Overblown College Fears It's only natural that your clients dread the approach of this milestone, but as they prepare for it, you can help minimize their stress level. |
Registered Rep.
October 16, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Gallery: Five Ways to Squeeze More Money From Colleges There are many ways to win fat financial awards and college scholarships than simply being bright. |
The Motley Fool
September 22, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
7 Ways to Cut the Cost of College Why pay hundreds or thousands when you could be saving that money instead? |
T.H.E. Journal
September 2004 |
Wireless Plan Generates Revenue for Higher Ed. The program allows schools to offer select Sprint PCS rate plans to faculty, staff and students while collecting service-plan fees directly from the users, often as a supplementary charge with tuition. |
The Motley Fool
October 21, 2011
Anders Bylund |
Education Management's Shares Jumped: What You Need to Know Shares of for-profit college Education Management scored an A today, rising as much as 12.3% on strangely anemic trading volume. |
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2006 |
Free Checking Isn't Necessarily Good If you see a bank offering free checking, you should jump in and sign up, right? Not necessarily. |
T.H.E. Journal
March 2000 |
Late Breaks - WebCT WebCT has announced the Institute Program for colleges and universities who are leading the way in distance education.... |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn |
College Panic Many of your clients with teenage children may be feeling the college panic about now. They are looking at diminished net worths and an uncertain job market and economy |
The Motley Fool
January 22, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Saving for College College costs can be managed with proper planning. |
ifeminists
November 11, 2003
Wendy McElroy |
Colleges Charge Big for Worthless Curricula Before they send their children onto a college campus in North America, parents should read two new reports. What passes for education at many universities is not merely an intellectual embarrassment; it is also tremendously expensive. |
The Motley Fool
January 3, 2012
Brian Stoffel |
Was I Completely Wrong About For-Profit Education? Our analyst takes a second look at the industry's ability to disrupt. |
Investment Advisor
January 2010
Tere D'Amato |
Expert's Corner: Acing Financial Aid Planning With portfolios still poorer, how can you advise clients with college aid needs? |
Job Journal
May 3, 2009 |
Quick Fix: Low-Cost Higher Education College is expensive, but in today's market you may need additional training to learn new skills and land your next job. Here are some budget-friendly options. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Saving and Planning for College Here are some tips to help you plan how to pay for a college education. |
HHMI Bulletin
May 2011 |
HHMI Announces $60 Million Competition for Colleges Challenging colleges and universities to think creatively about how they teach science, HHMI has invited 215 undergraduate-focused institutions across the country to apply for a total of $60 million in science education grants. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2011
Dayana Yochim |
7 Signs of a Student Aid Scam With deadlines for applying for aid approaching, 'tis the season for student aid scams. |
PC Magazine
September 3, 2008
Eric Griffith |
America's Top Wired Colleges, 2008 Edition With assistance from The Princeton Review, we reveal the top 20 high-tech U.S. college campuses and just what makes them digitally advanced. |
T.H.E. Journal
May 2004 |
News Briefs - Toshiba Digital Products Division Toshiba Digital Products Division has extended special sales tools and incentives to campus bookstores in an effort to increase technology sales in colleges and universities. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010 |
Top Honors Business school students give a shout out to their schools. The Princeton Review's Student Opinion Honors for business schools. |
CIO
May 1, 2002
Carol Hildebrand |
Integration U With systems integration issues consistently making CIOs' top 10 lists of Important Things to Do This Year, colleges are taking the hint and awarding specialized degrees in the field... |
Job Journal
November 9, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Postsecondary Teachers College-level instructors enjoy a class of students more eager to learn. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2005 |
Saving and Planning for College It's probably not too late to save for a college education. Here are some tips to help you plan for it. |
The Motley Fool
October 13, 2006 |
The ABCs of the FAFSA If college payments are in your near future, it's time to learn about the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. |
Salon.com
April 25, 2001
David Lindorff |
Sneak attack Self-employed parents are the targets of financial aid discrimination -- and most of the time, they don't even know it... |
The Motley Fool
December 13, 2004 |
Free Checking May Not Be Free It's hard to find fault with free checking, but when you combine it with a bank's other fees and features, the advantage may be outweighed by disadvantages. |
Job Journal
March 14, 2010 |
Making the Grade...with an Online Degree With nearly 200 universities and colleges now offering Web-based classes, online education programs have come of age. |
BusinessWeek
September 2, 2010
Greg Bensinger |
Student Loan Scrutiny Could Hurt Washington Post The Washington Post's Kaplan education unit may be battered by a crackdown on loan repayment rules. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
This Plan Will Get Your Kids Graduated It's time to take action. |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2011
Dan Newman |
For-Profit Education Needs a Semester Abroad Domestic regulations are hurting for-profit schools, and the solution is in other countries. |
CRM
May 2011
Leonard Klie |
Higher Education Increases Marketing Schools shift focus to generate more inquiries in-house and boost technology investments. |
The Motley Fool
October 30, 2009
Sean Ryan |
Banks Desperately Seeking Fee Revenue Banks that rely heavily on overdraft fees are preparing to reintroduce monthly maintenance fees on checking accounts for most customers. |
