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Getting Your Financial Aid Award Verdict

on March 30, 2011 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Parents, Student Loans

I’ve been hearing from parents of high school seniors lately who are either elated by their financial aid awards or utterly depressed. Here are some examples: A dear friend of mine is thrilled because her son Geoffrey received a very large need-based aid package to Macalester College, which is where he is heading in the […]

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March Madness Graduation Rates

on March 17, 2011 in College Costs, Evaluating Schools, Research

I’m rooting for two teams in the NCCA basketball tournament. The University of Missouri (I graduated from Mizzou’s world famous journalism school) and San Diego State University, which is a 10-minute drive from my house. With the tournament revving up on St. Patrick’s Day, I wanted to share a post that I wrote for my […]

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Making Our Last College Payment!

on March 16, 2011 in College Costs, College Savings, Financial aid, Money

My husband and I reached a milestone yesterday. We made our last payment for our daughter’s bachelors degree. Caitlin is graduating from Juniata College in May and we’ve managed to pay for her degree — she double majored in business and Spanish — without taking out loans.  I should have bought a bottle of champagne […]

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The Real Cost of Attending an Expensive East Coast University

on March 10, 2011 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money, Universities

Yesterday I wrote about college coop programs that link students up with jobs while they are still students. Here is the post: Do You Need a Coop Program To Get a Job? What I am far more interested in sharing is what these and other private universities, many of which are located on the East […]

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Nation’s Most Generous Colleges

on February 18, 2011 in College Costs, Financial aid, Money

Want to know what the nation’s most generous colleges are? If so, you’ll want to take a look at US News & World Report’s newly released list of schools. All the institutions on the list say that they meet 100% of their students’ demonstrated financial need. Not surprisingly, nearly all of the schools on this […]

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25 Ways for Colleges To Cut Their Costs

on January 17, 2011 in College Costs, Colleges, Financial aid, Money, Parents

American colleges and universities are continually getting slammed for costing too much, but there are precious few people suggesting concrete ways to shrink these costs. The Center for College Affordability and Productivity, however, has produced a white paper that lays out: 25 Ways to Reduce the Cost of College There are some excellent suggestions on […]

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