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  • Bank of Mom and Dad Shuts Amid White-Collar Struggle
    April 5, 2010 - Mary Pilon The Wall Street Journal
    FAIRFIELD, Conn.—When Maurice Johnson was laid off a year ago from his six-figure salary as a managing director at GE Capital, it wasn't his future he was worried about. It was his children's.
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  • Washington area colleges capping annual tuition increases
    March 21, 2010 - Daniel de Vise The Washington Post
    Many of the most prestigious -- and expensive -- colleges in the Washington region have capped annual tuition increases at 4 percent for the coming academic year, a gesture, school officials said, of fiscal restraint and a signal to families of the college-bound that they are doing their part to be affordable.
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  • 6 Last-Minute Tips for Financial Aid Applicants
    March 3, 2010 - AnnaMaria Andriotis SmartMoney.com
    Over the next few days or weeks, many students will be making sure they're filing the required paperwork accurately and on time — two factors that can be just as important as the academic application itself. Upon submitting these forms, a student becomes eligible for grants, work study and federal student loans. If you miss the deadline, you might not get to attend a particular college, or graduate with thousands of dollars of student-loan debt.
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  • Tuition refund insurance can protect college investment
    March 1, 2010 - Pamela Yip Dallas Morning News
    Putting your child through college is one of the best investments you can make. But it's a huge investment, and it's getting bigger. For the current academic year, the average cost of tuition and fees for private four-year colleges nationwide was $26,273, up 4.4 percent from the year before, according to the College Board, the educational organization that tracks college costs.
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  • Drop-Out Insurance
    February 24, 2010 - Jennifer Epstein Inside Higher Ed
    People complain about car insurance, worry about health insurance and debate the need for life insurance, but there isn't much talk about tuition insurance.
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  • Health Care Debate Carries Implications for College Students
    January 25, 2010 - Charles Dervarics Diverse
    While pundits in Washington, D.C., assess the effect of the Massachusetts Senate outcome on the future of health care reform, college leaders also are focusing on another stumbling block to final action: how the government will treat health plans for 3 million college students. Continue reading this article on Diverse.
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  • FAFSA is First Step in Securing Financial Aid
    January 13, 2010 - James A. Boyle MyCollegeOptions
    The race for financial aid dollars has begun. On January 1, 2010, the annual winter financial aid window swung open, during which key pieces of information must be submitted to the colleges and universities that college-aged children might attend next fall.  And parents must peer through that window with one essential form in their sights - the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, commonly known as “the FAFSA.”
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  • Keeping Student Health Affordable
    January 12, 2010 - Jennifer Epstein Inside Higher Ed
    WASHINGTON – Two major groups representing higher education have called on Congressional leaders to work to protect campus-sponsored student health insurance plans in the final health care reform bill being hashed out by Democrats behind closed doors this month.
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