Estimated Read Time: 5 minutes You want to retire comfortably when the time comes. You also want to help your child go to college. So how do you juggle the two? The truth is, saving for both your retirement and your child’s education at the same time can be a challenge. But take heart — you may be able to reach both goals if you start making some smart choices now. The key takeaways are: Determining your financial needs? To understand your financial needs for

Estimated Read Time: 4 minutes As the last blog highlighted, the financial aid process is all about assessing what a family can afford to pay for college and trying to fill the gap. To do this, the federal government and colleges examine a family’s income and assets to determine how much a family should be expected to contribute before receiving financial aid, which is often much more than a family can actually afford. Financial aid formulas weigh assets differently, depending on whether they are owned

Estimated read time: 4 minutes The long-anticipated Student Loan Relief plan was announced by the Biden administration on August 24th in response to skyrocketing college tuition costs over the last several decades. In fact, since 1980 total cost of four-year college tuition has nearly tripled after accounting for inflation. By contrast Pell Grants that once covered 80 percent of those costs now cover roughly ⅓ of college tuition costs. This forced students into debt with the typical undergraduate student holding $25,000 in student loan debt.