The Count : College Tuition Offers a Lesson in Sticker Shock
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After a report from the College Board on soaring tuition, parents and their teenage children could be forgiven for asking themselves if college is necessary.
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Amid widespread misconduct in the student-loan industry, college kids are learning about private lending the hard way
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Telltale signs that your private college-aid counselor is out to get you.
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Many families are facing the prospect of significantly higher-than-expected taxes when it comes time to sell investments held in a childâs name to pay college costs.
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A small publisher of college textbooks plans to offer free electronic textbooks to students. The catch? Ads are inserted within the text.
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Several schools have sharply increased tuition to match colleges they consider their rivals, while also providing more financial assistance.
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Costs for elite prep schools are staggering, but parents say they're worth it.
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The transfer of technological innovations from the campus to the capitalist marketplace has been a financial windfall for many schools.
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Congress is poised to make big changes to the government programs tapped by millions of students to pay for college. The biggest of these for students: a cap on what low-income borrowers have to pay back each month on their federal student loans.
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Enrollments pass muster, but bad debt's on the rise.
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It's strange but true -- the more you spend, the more you'll save for school.
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For many college freshmen, this was what life on campus was like: Unprepared to handle money, they overspent on fast food and partying with friends without much thought as to how to pay the bills.
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The Coverdell has you covered for more than just college.
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By Michael Cowden  A new Web site helps college suitemates or others who share expenses or living arrangements keep track of who owes what.
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Â· 'Alarming' misconceptions uncovered in surveyÂ· Tuition fees led to fall in university applications
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If you are going to face college expenses, is your portfolio keeping pace with higher-education inflation?
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During lectures, they answer their cell phones, text message their friends and play games on their laptop computers. Are college students really that rude? Yes, says Delaney Kirk, a professor of management at Drake University in Des Moines. But, she adds, it's not their fault.