I’m a spreadsheet jockey, so I’ve always managed my finances with Excel. But I’m not typical. There’s an interesting new, free service called Tuition.io that helps student borrowers manage their debt. Graduates may end up with several different types of federal, private, and parent loans that have different terms and repayment schedules, and that’s hard to… [Read More]
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Paying for College: Some Links of Interest
Here’s a few stories around the Internet about college admissions and costs: The Washington Monthly Annual College Guide has rankings of colleges looking at which colleges give students the most for their money. It’s a really interesting perspective. US News and World Report has more on the mystery of textbook costs. I don’t get the… [Read More]
Paying for College: Should Parents Pay?
Recently, Legg Mason Securities released a study on parents paying for college. They talked to parents with investable assets of $250,000 or more and found that 72 percent expect their children to contribute to some of their college expenses, although only 2 percent expect the children to pay the whole thing. I think that education… [Read More]
Paying for College: Laura Laing and I Take on Good Debt, Bad Debt, and Student Loans
Laura Laing (left) is the author of Math for Grownups (Adams Media, 2011). She has also been writing about college costs recently, and she and I have put together this joint post Economists recognize that debt can be good. It smoothes out consumption over a lifecycle, they say; if most people had to save up… [Read More]
Paying for College: Advice for College Students with Debt
I graduated from college with student loans and credit card debt. I majored in economics in part because I knew I could get a job that would pay enough to help me with my debt. Had I been free to do what I whatever I wanted, I probably would have been an English major. I… [Read More]
