Saving for College

Liz Weston | April 04, 2011

Dear Liz: My son will be going to a for-profit technical school about 120 miles away from home. Unfortunately, we have not saved any money for...

September 27, 2010

WASHINGTON – Every parent knows that college costs are painfully high, and yet so many people fail to save anything, even an amount that...

September 27, 2010

WASHINGTON – If an undergraduate degree is your ticket to a middle-income job, is it also a foregone conclusion that a graduate degree...

September 27, 2010

WASHINGTON – Robert B. Reich, secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, recently joined me online to take questions on an idea...

September 27, 2010

WASHINGTON – If you have a child in college now or one heading to an institution of higher learning in the fall, I hope you have already...

September 27, 2010

For the last several years, my husband and I had been thinking about establishing a scholarship fund. We were just waiting for a financial windfall.

Michael Kelly | September 27, 2010

Summer 2006 Amy and her husband, Air Force Captain Joseph (Jody) Palmer, really don't mind living on a budget. A former ESPN statistician,...

InCharge Institute of America, Inc. | September 27, 2010

Many first-time parents do not realize the expenses associated with raising children and preparing for their future. In addition to the diapers,...

September 27, 2010

WASHINGTON - There's one thing about saving for college that has always left me scratching my head. Why is it that one of the first questions...

September 27, 2010

WASHINGTON – During a workshop in which I was teaching preteens and teens how to create a budget, I asked one 16-year-old if she was planning...