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Fidelity’s New Tool Ranks Savings Priorities (US News & World Report)

DebtFree.net — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:20:12 +0000

It wants you to focus on retirement before other goals, and then college for kids.
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Class prepares students for a life of financial freedom (22 WSBT South Bend)

DebtFree.net — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 13:20:47 +0000

The crisis of the economy has left countless Americans with failed investments and little or no savings at all. Saint Mary’s College is trying to arm their graduating students with the basics of budgeting and investing to avoid the heartache that many Americans are experiencing.
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Cost Calculus Gets Trickier (Forbes)

DebtFree.net — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 13:20:09 +0000

A dean offers 10 tips for families choosing a school.
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Recession overwhelming student aid officers (Contra Costa Times)

DebtFree.net — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:20:16 +0000

With unemployment and foreclosures skyrocketing, short-staffed community colleges have been swamped by students seeking more financial aid.
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Relationships, assets lost if college closes (Santa Fe New Mexican)

DebtFree.net — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 13:15:42 +0000

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

DebtFree.net — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:10:16 +0000

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 was born, putting her goal of providing $15,000 a year out of reach.
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How you can take control of college costs (The Pantagraph)

DebtFree.net — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:10:33 +0000

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 programs for college costs that offer significant tax breaks, as well as other accounts earmarked for college savings.
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