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Harmful rule changes ahead for Education Savings Accounts?
April 28th, 201005:05 PM ETBy Joseph SlifeOne irritating thing about taxes - and anything related to taxes - is that the rules change with annoying frequency. Case in point: several changes are likely to be forthcoming at year's end for tax-favored Coverdell Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). Certain provisions enacted by a Republican-led Congress in 2001 are set to expire, and at thi... -
College costs continue upward
October 23rd, 200908:36 AM ETBy Joseph SlifePrices are down in quite a few areas of the economy, but not in higher education. Not by a long shot. The New York Times has details from the College Board's latest "Trends in College Pricing" report. The price of a college education rose substantially last year.... Hit hard by state budget cuts, four-year public colleges raised tuition and fe... -
Prepaid college tuition: it seemed like a good idea at the time
October 16th, 200909:14 AM ETBy Joseph SlifeThe New York Times offers an unhappy updateon state-run plans that pledge to cover the cost of attending a state's public institutions of higher ed, irrespective of how much tuition may have increased between the time of the pre-payments and a student's actual enrollment. In other words, prepaid plans imply (or in some cases explicitly offer) a gu... -
Student-loan changes now in effect
July 09th, 200911:45 AM ETBy Joseph SlifeInterest rates and other terms for student loans change each year on the first of July. What's new this year? Income-Based Repayment is now available for the first time, Pell grants have gotten bigger, and interest rates on new Subsidized Stafford loans and existing variable-rate loans have gone down. Details here from the Project on Student Debt...
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