My Comments: At least once every week, I try to have a post that deals with the cost of a college education. My comments are usually directed to the parents of high school age children. Too often, there is never a conversation in the family that explores the financial consequences associated with a college education …
Tag: parents and their children
Educating College Students About Debt
My Comments: I’m doing my best to stress that going into debt to pay for a college education is a last resort. When you realize there are millions of dollars available in the form of endowment scholarships from virtually every school, then it becomes a question of knowing how to access that money. The answer …
CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter for May 1, 2012 – Tulane University
My Comment: Here is award letter #8. Tulane University is well known to all of us. This is for someone enrolling as a freshman in 2012. $108,000 is a lot of money that doesn’t have to be paid back. Click on the image to the right to access the overview I created for CollegeMoneyNow.
CollegeMoneyNow Award Letter of the Week – March 13, 2012
My Comment: Here is the second of what I plan to show you once every week. Examples of award letters from colleges and universities across the nation. Again, this is money the colleges and universities are willing to spend when they realize they are competing with other colleges and universities for any specific student to …
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Paying for College
My Comment: The following comes courtesy of Richard M. White, a friend and attorney who is Board Certified in Wills, Trusts and Estates. He sends me ideas from The Wealth Counselor from time to time and this one about techniques to Pay for College caught my attention. Apart from the legal and accounting merits of …
CollegeMoneyNow
My Comment: My goals for 2012 include a major effort to first identify and then help high school students and their parents find the necessary funds to pay for a college education. With college costs increasing at an alarming rate, parents are often forced to invade their retirement funds to help pay for college. College …
How to Plan for the True Cost of College
A key element of my practice as a financial planner and investment advisor is a strategy to help parents and their children deal with the cost of a college education. In addition to this article, click on this CollegeMoneyNow link and find a 10 minute presentation I created to help you understand there is an …
Helping Define Your Financial Future 