Topic: College Savings Foundation

A new school year is in full swing and, as anyone with a student off to college for the first time can attest, the expenses will be substantial and...

Bad News for College Students with Divorced Parents

Rice University in Houston, TX.. . Growing up with divorced parents presents plenty of challenges to children, many of which are well-documented...

Retirement now tops priority list

Americans now see retirement as a more important savings goal than college for their kids. The score was retirement 53 percent, college 45 percent, in a poll by the College Savings Foundation, recently reported in the trade publication Planadviser. If you're ...

Where to Stash Cash for College

A study by the College Savings Foundation found that more than half of the parents surveyed were unfamiliar with 529 plans or didn't understand how they work. Yet Fidelity Investments' College Savings Indicator found that parents who save in 529s are ...

Financial aid tips for families

Tips for families thinking about financial aid for the first timeSome financial-aid tips for relatively well-off families who hadn't been considering applying for aid but may now need it: Unless your family earns under $50,000, you are unlikely to get ...