Relationships, assets lost if college closes (Santa Fe New Mexican)

Tuesday, January 5th, 2010

The College of Santa Fe as it exists today will close at the end of the school year. The financially troubled school has mortgaged its entire 100-acre campus for about $35 million in bonds and loans, and it's defaulted on payment on bonds representing $25 million of that debt.source

Finding college financial aid more challenging this year (Louisville Courier-Journal)

Tuesday, October 20th, 2009

Karen May admits to anxiety spells over coming up with the money to put her daughter, a high school senior, through college. The stock market's steep dive has knocked 25 percent to 30 percent off the value of the 529 savings plan that May had been contributing to since Brie ...

How you can take control of college costs (The Pantagraph)

Monday, May 11th, 2009

CHICAGO -- A number almost as scary as 401 — as in 401(k) — for parents with college-bound children these days is 529. The stock market swoon that has shrunk retirement savings by double digits this fall also has put a big dent in Section 529 savings plans, the state-sponsored ...

Stock market swoon shrinks college savings; what to do (Courier-Post)

Wednesday, May 6th, 2009

A number almost as scary as 401 -- as in 401(k) -- for parents with college-bound children these days is 529.source

More students seek college loans (The Tennessean)

Sunday, September 14th, 2008

WASHINGTON — Parties. Pizzas. And paying the bills. That's what college has become to many young people. More than two-thirds of college students will graduate with loan debt, according to the Institute for College Access and Success. original article