Paying for College a Team Effort
Parents and children should share education costs. The key is to find the right balance for each party.
By Janet Bodnar
December 19, 2007
Regarding your recent columns on paying for college: Parents need to discuss college financing with their children and be honest about how much they can afford to pay. It’s not right to let your child believe that you can afford his or her dream college. A child should be a partner in his or her future, not a spectator.
Read the article online at http://www.kiplinger.com/columns/drt/archive/2007/dt071219.html
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BY JOHN HECHINGER
Harvard University sweetened its financial aid for middle class and upper middle-class families, responding to criticism that elite colleges have become unaffordable for ordinary Americans.
The Ivy League school said undergraduates whose families earn up to $180,000 would be asked to pay 10% or less of their incomes annually for the cost of Harvard, which this year totals $45,456. The university said the initiative would …http://online.wsj.com/article/SB119731017194819610.html?mod=hpp_us_whats_news
Here’s the statement directly from Harvard:
http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2007/12.13/99-finaid.html
Cambridge, Mass. – Harvard President Drew Faust and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences Michael D. Smith today (Dec. 10) announced a sweeping overhaul of financial aid policies designed to make Harvard College more affordable for families across the income spectrum. The new initiative focuses on ensuring greater affordability for middle- and upper-middle-income families through major enhancements to grant aid, the elimination of student loans, and the removal of home equity from financial aid calculations.
This initiative builds on Harvard’s recent pathbreaking policies to ensure that families with incomes below $60,000 are not asked to contribute to the cost of sending their children to Harvard…
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What do parents think about this move by Harvard?
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