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  • The ABCs of 529s or How To Pay For College

    Acceptance letters are in and students are picking their schools. Hopefully, you've made the right decisions about one of the biggest investments in life -- a college education. Here's a savings and loan guide to higher education, starting with the popular 529 savings plans.

     


    • Ivy League Shares The Wealth 

        Some of the top universities in the country are slashing or eliminating tuition costs, expanding financial aid and generally rethinking the affordability equation.

    • Follow The Money

        If you’re in the market for a student loan, there's more federal funding out there than you may think, but you'll have to dig deeper and work harder for it.  

    • Picking a 529 Gets Personal

        There’s no one-size-fits-all formula. Pick a plan based on your savings goals, risk tolerance and time frame for college.

    • Slideshow: Richest Schools

        Their endowments exceed the market caps of companies and their investment returns are the envy of money managers.



    • White House Short Course

        The rising cost of higher education has become a hot-button issue for voters and is high on the list of campaign issues for two presidential candidates.

    • Majoring In The Credit Crunch

        Washington is dusting off a lender-of-last-resort plan to provide for an uninterrupted supply of government-subsidized college student loans.

    • Coming to Students' Aid  

        Columbia University is the latest top-tier institution to liberalize its financial aid policy to become more afforable to more students.

    • Slideshow: Where The Jobs Are

        Employers expect to hire more college graduates this year than in 2007. And if you majored in one of these fields, you're in luck



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