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Registered Rep.
March 18, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Getting the Most Bang for Your Tuition Bucks Many students and parents don't have the resources to benchmark colleges against one another, but the government has unveiled an online College Scorecard, which will allow families to compare schools based on simple criteria.   |
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2013
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
School's (Not) Out Parents often assume that their children are going to finish their degrees in four years. Most of the time, it doesn't happen. |
Registered Rep.
September 27, 2010
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College In Four Years, Not Six Before a teenager falls in love with any colleges be sure to check their graduation rates. It could save your clients tens of thousands of dollars. |
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.
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. |
Registered Rep.
October 3, 2011
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
What College Costs Thanks to a new federally mandated cost calculator, parents can learn far in advance what a particular college will cost them, which should lead to better informed decisions. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Scholarships: Not Just For The Needy Why schools are giving more scholarship money to affluent kids. |
Registered Rep.
October 15, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College at a Discount Next year, a Minnesota-based university will cut its tuition by 33 percent for all its students. Others will likely follow. |
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. |
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.
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. |
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. |
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. |
CRM
May 2011
Leonard Klie |
Higher Education Increases Marketing Schools shift focus to generate more inquiries in-house and boost technology investments. |
Registered Rep.
November 21, 2011
Liz O'Shaughnessy |
Negotiating through the Maze of College Costs One of the biggest mistakes that families with college-bound teenagers make is looking in the wrong places for college cash. |
Registered Rep.
September 17, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
College Rankings Are Not Accurate People don't appreciate that U.S. News doesn't even attempt to measure the type of learning going on at the nation's colleges and universities. |
Registered Rep.
March 27, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The Nation's Most Generous Colleges While there are nearly 2,800 four-year colleges and universities in the United States, there are just over five dozen that claim that they meet 100 percent of their students' demonstrated financial need. |
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. |
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. |
Salon.com
December 15, 2000
Maura Kelly |
Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout... |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
3 Ways to Get a Smart Start With Your Money Young people are getting hit on all sides. How to cope. You can't afford to pay so much for your college education that you dig a debt hole you'll never climb out of. |
The Motley Fool
September 20, 2004 |
How Many Colleges Should You Apply To? The more, the merrier -- within reason, of course (because many have application fees). |
Reason
April 2006
Lisa Snell |
The Agony of American Education How per-student funding can revolutionize public schools in the U.S. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Bridget Quigg |
Is A College Education Worth The Money? PayScale.com figured out how valuable a four-year college degree is for various schools based on increased earnings over a 30-year period of work after obtaining a degree. Here are tips for picking a college with good ROI. |
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. |
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.
February 25, 2015
Kevin McKinley |
The Costs and Effects of High Tuition Advisors can diplomatically help clients and their children get the degree the kids need at a cost the family is willing and able to pay. |
Registered Rep.
September 19, 2014
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
The College Illusion Are your clients, who could be paying as much as a quarter of a million dollars to send one child to college, getting their money's worth? |
BusinessWeek
April 16, 2007
Christoph Guttentag |
The College Crunch: Why Getting In Has Gotten So Tough For many American families, March Madness refers not to a basketball tournament but to the ever-increasing anxiety in the weeks before colleges mail their acceptance letters. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2009
Deborah Fox |
Coming Up Short The current economic environment is putting considerable pressure on families. But if parents and their financial advisors take a proactive approach to college planning, parents and students can avoid reliance on credit markets. |
Entrepreneur
April 2010
Rosalind Resnick |
Paying for the Old College Try Advice for small-business owners on how to finance your kids' college educations. |
ifeminists
October 18, 2006
Todd Andrew Barnett |
It's Time to Abolish the Public Schools, Part 1 With all the problems associated with the public "government" schools, isn't it time to pull the plug on them and put an end to the pervasive evil that is the bedrock of the public "government" school monopoly? |
Reason
April 2006
Lisa Snell |
Meet Arlene Ackerman An interview with San Francisco's superintendent of schools on the implementation and impact of the weighted student formula as well as the future of school choice in that city. |
BusinessWeek
March 19, 2007
Louis Lavelle |
What's Behind the Grade The methodology underlying undergraduate business program rankings. |
Reason
June 2005
Lisa Snell |
How Schools Cheat From underreporting violence to inflating graduation rates to fudging test scores, educators are lying to the American public. |
Job Journal
July 29, 2007
Rich Heintz |
Valuable Lessons on Teaching in Private Schools For those considering a career in the classroom, private schools offer teachers an inspirational choice. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
February 20, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Save for State U., Too If you're not saving for college because you expect your child will attend an affordable, public school, you might want to rethink your plans a little bit. Public college doesn't necessarily mean a debt-free education. |
Reason
October 2004
Lisa Snell |
No Way Out The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice. |
Registered Rep.
August 20, 2012
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
When Dream Schools Become a Nightmare Many parents will go to great lengths to send to their children to their dream schools, but it's not always the best financial decision. |
Registered Rep.
February 23, 2015
Lynn O'Shaughnessy |
Helping Parents Deal with College Stress The number of parents who express concern about getting their kids into college is almost as many as those who worry about paying the tab. |
T.H.E. Journal
November 2000 |
Customize Schedules on the Web eHomeRoom.com is a new Internet community that connects K-12 schools with students and their families by providing customizable information related to school and non-school events... |
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. |
Registered Rep.
May 11, 2015
Greg Taggart |
Ways to Minimize the Risk of Student Loans Unwary students and their parents continue to pile the debt on in pursuit of what can be a valuable college degree. All too often, the result is a Phi Beta Kappa key to the poor house. |
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? |
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. |
IEEE Spectrum
November 2005
Jones & Aaronson |
Showing Some Class Universities reach out to those affected by Katrina. |
