News and Updates About College Costs and Savings Accounts
A guide to the constantly changing world of college costs and planning. Includes updated information on loan programs, savings accounts, college tuition rates, and scholarships.
Excerpt from President Obama's September 21, 2009 speech in which he discussed college costs, the need to sustain economic growth through education, and the SAFRA legislation.
President Obama announces a number of new programs aimed at helping displaced and unemployed workers get educated, retrained, and find new jobs. Includes expansion of the Pell grant program.
Entire transcript of President Obama proposing to eliminate the FFEL student loan program while beefing up the Direct Loan, Pell Grant, and Perkins loan programs. The transcript also contains statistics on the skyrocketing costs of college over the last few decades.
Excerpt from the March 26th, 2009 online town hall meeting in which President Obama discusses college costs and financial aid.
Index of recent stories from the New York Times about anything related to student loans.
News, updates, and headlines about the most popular type of college savings plan.
Info and updates on everything to do with the financial aid process.
FastWeb gives you the ability to receive new scholarship opportunities and announcements by email, at no cost.
The annual "America's Best Colleges" report from U.S. News and World Report has become the benchmark for ranking colleges on a variety of criteria. Included in their rankings are some great studies of schools by cost and value.
