Tuition bills for fall semester have begun arriving in mailboxes, and the scramble to figure out how to pay them is underway. For most families, student and parent loans are a reality when it comes to covering the tuition bill.
But while borrowing may be a necessity, it shouldn’t be an indulgence, warn experts at SimpleTuition, [...]
Guarantor backs 10 percent increase in funding for higher education
USA Funds(R), the nation’s leading education loan guarantor, announces that it supported $17.2 billion in loans to help students and parents pay for college during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 2008. The figure represents an increase of more than 10 percent in college [...]
CHET urges families to evaluate their college savings strategies
As students prepare to receive their report cards and diplomas at the end of this school year, Connecticut State Treasurer Denise L. Nappier is encouraging Connecticut families with young children to take time to grade their own college savings strategies. Nappier is trustee for the Connecticut Higher [...]