What is a Tuition Discount? A tuition discount is an all-encompassing term that refers to any gift aid that the college offers to reduce your tuition cost. Most people use…
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The Ivy League Dream: A Generational Holdover That Overlooks Disproportionate Cost I grew up in a family that valued higher education tremendously. My late grandfather was a Cornell graduate and…
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The Truth Hurts: The Unseen Burden of Student Debt It was a small family. The father was the breadwinner and worked a comfortable job from home in the oil and…
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On March 11th, 2021, President Joe Biden signed a $1.9 trillion stimulus package into law called the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, and with that came some exciting news…
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This is the final part of the three-part series entitled “Scholarships and College Funding for the Student-Athlete.” If you haven’t read the first two posts in the series, find them…
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This post was updated on February 12, 2021. It was originally published on May 19, 2020. Repercussions of the Pandemic: College Enrollment and Financial Aid In a Discover survey from…
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With the costs of higher education constantly rising, it is more important than ever that parents start saving as early as possible. So, when is the right time to start?…
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This article follows up on Brad’s post from December that discusses what to do about federal student loan forbearance coming to an end. While the new president has extended student…
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The Achieving a Better Life Experience (ABLE) Act was signed into law in December of 2014 to help disabled Americans and their families save money for future expenses (e.g. college)…
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Update 1/28/21: President Biden has signed an executive order extending the student loan forbearance through September 2021. That being said, much of the advice in the second half of the…
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