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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. 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.
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. 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. 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. 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.
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 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.
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. 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. 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.
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.
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.
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.
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?
Registered Rep. March 19, 2012 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	The Risks of Independence When parents realize that they haven't saved nearly enough money for college, some of them start wondering how their college-bound teenagers could qualify as independent students.
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. January 21, 2005 Anne Field	Time Running Out to Apply for College Financial Aid Many parents of college-age children are scrambling to complete their financial aid applications. Financial advisors suggest that clients should apply even it they don't, at first glance, seem to be eligible for aid.
Registered Rep. November 17, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	What Public Universities Cost at the State Level Public universities, where most students attend, charge significantly different prices. And the policies that dictate who receives financial aid and merit scholarships also vary dramatically.
The Motley Fool October 17, 2006 Mary Dalrymple	Lake Wobegon College Many financial aid administrators say parents have a false sense of security that their child's chosen college will help them pay the costs of their child's education.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Robert Brokamp	What Will College Really Cost? You've heard the scary statistics, but the final price tag may not be so bad.
The Motley Fool November 1, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Financial Aid Fiascos Feeling financially unprepared for college is a big source of stress for many people. Don't get caught flat-footed when planning for college costs.
Salon.com December 15, 2000 Maura Kelly	Stop the madness Admissions officers at top-rated colleges prescribe time out for burnout...
Entrepreneur April 2010 Rosalind Resnick	Paying for the Old College Try Advice for small-business owners on how to finance your kids' college educations.
The Motley Fool August 28, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	Yes, You Can Afford Private School Does the thought of writing a five-figure tuition check make you feel a little light-headed? It's not easy, but here's how some parents are doing it.
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.
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 January 24, 2007 Mary Dalrymple	College Financial Aid 101 Apply for your financial aid now if your budding scholar will be headed to college this fall.
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 7, 2004 Robert Brokamp	Get the Most Financial Aid Before you or your child head off to college, position your finances for maximum aid eligibility.
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?
Registered Rep. May 25, 2011 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	College Aid Checklist for Grandparents Seven tips that will allow grandparents to safely contribute to their grandkids' college education.
Investment Advisor August 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Tassel Hassle A hot-button issue this time of year that brings clients to advisors is funding their child's college education. Here's what advisors can do to help.
Financial Planning December 1, 2005 Deborah Fox	Back to School Affluent parents with older children are running out of time to save for college. Financial advisers need to craft creative strategies to help these clients reduce education expenses.
Reason October 2004 Lisa Snell	No Way Out The No Child Left Behind Act provides only the illusion of school choice.
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.
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. 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.
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).
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 April 2006 Lisa Snell	The Agony of American Education How per-student funding can revolutionize public schools in the U.S.
Registered Rep. August 1, 2006 Kevin McKinley	New School Strategies First, the Department of Education altered the financial-aid treatment of certain 529 plans. Then the IRS tweaked custodial accounts. Here's what financial advisors can do to redirect families saving for college.
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. 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.
The Motley Fool August 8, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Back-to-School Blues College costs just keep rising. Recently released figures show a more than 6% increase over last year.
Registered Rep. September 21, 2015 Lynn O'Shaughnessy	An Untapped Market in College Financial Planning There is one field where you won't get jostled: The niche for good late-stage college planning. It is just about deserted.
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. 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.
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.