Clients have asked me repeatedly to explain the relationship between the financial aid and admissions offices, and to help them to understand how financial need is factored into admissions decisions. Usually these questions revolve around whether a college is “need blind” or “need aware.” So in this post, I’ll try to shed some light on [...]
Read full post...The Denver Post reports today that endowments at Colorado colleges and universities have shrunk significantly, which may mean fewer scholarship dollars for students.
Endowments pay for important aspects of college, from prestigious professor positions to millions in private scholarships and science labs.
However, there are two things worried parents should recognize before hitting the panic button. [...]
Read full post...Generally speaking, investing in yourself is a smart idea. More education usually leads to more opportunity, better jobs, and higher income. However, many students have no idea how to think about the investment in financial terms.
For example, does it make sense to spend $100,000 and take on tens of thousands in loans [...]
I wrote a guest commentary that appeared in the online edition of the Denver Post yesterday. It’s about the high cost of tuition, with special attention given to tuition prices in the state of Colorado.
It’s clear from reading the comments that many readers misunderstood my central point: that the citizens of Colorado cannot [...]
An article today in Inside Higher Ed announces that the House Education and Labor Committee released draft legislation to more closely monitor and control skyrocketing tuition increases at state institutions of higher learning.
You should read the entire article, but here’s a quick excerpt:
The expanded federal role is clearest in the realm of college costs [...]