Florida’s college prepaid tuition soars up to $ 49293Article from Sun-Sentinel:The price tag this year for the four-year university plan, traditionally the most popular, is $ 49,293 for a newborn, or $ 298 a month. That’s up from from $ 45,367 last year. It has more than tripled in the past five years because of [...]
Tuition payments gone as Lutz school shuts downArticle from Tbo.com:“We made a commitment to you when we had almost 100 students enrolled. We are now down to approximately 24. This is as devastating for us as it is for you. …” – P Altogether, 10 parents of children who have attended Hand In Hand – [...]
College Illinois tuition program’s future is cloudyArticle from Jacksonville Journal Courier:Jeanne Corrigan should be having fun this year helping her 17-year old-daughter prepare for college. Instead, Corrigan, a Springfield mother of two, spent part of this week at the Illinois Capitol, pressing lawmakers for answers about the future of College Illinois and the $ 22,000 [...]
How to Pay for College: Coverdell Education Savings AccountsArticle from Fox Business:Growing up is tough enough without the worries of your financial future, so Money101 is here for you. E-mail us your questions and let us take off some of the pressure. When looking at different ways to pay for college, students and parents should [...]
Fears brew over underfunded Illinois prepaid tuition programArticle from KMOV.com:(KMOV) – Students and parents in Illinois are seeing firsthand how the recession is affecting education as the state program that lets parents save for college tuition and lock up current tuition costs is running out of money. The Illinois Prepaid College Tuition Program, a 529 [...]
Paying for College: Series EE Bonds, Coverdell Education Savings AccountsArticle from Fox Business:The pressure to pay for college has become as powerful as the other two requirements in life: death and taxes. Recent and proposed Federal reductions in the federal Pell Grants program and other aid have made it even more important to understand your [...]
BOV Financial Committee Discusses Increases in Tuition and Faculty SalariesArticle from W&M The Dog Street Journal:Sep. 25, 2011 | By Danny Mosier, DSJ Staff Reporter As a part of the September 2011 round of Board of Visitor meetings and deliberations, the Committee on Financial Affairs met on Thursday, September 22nd to look over the latest [...]
College tuition plan gives parents helpArticle from Corsicana Daily Sun:Corsicana — Hope for prospective students concerned with rising costs has been given in the form of the Texas Tuition Promise Fund, a pre-payment plan designed to set aside money for the overall cost of college and university tuition. The plan allows several forms of pre-payment [...]
Texas families have several options to start saving early for collegeArticle from Your Houston News:September is college savings month, and Texas Comptroller Susan Combs reminds parents around the state about the options they have to make their children’s college education more affordable. “Families can take advantage of college savings plans administered by the state of [...]
SCHOOL BELLS: Deadline to apply for service academies is Oct. 24Article from San Angelo Standard Times:SAN ANGELO, Texas — Area high school seniors who want to attend one of the U.S. military service academies will need to be nominated by a congressman or U.S. senator, and the deadline to apply for next fall’s admission, Oct. [...]