It’s that time again–students of all ages are heading back to school. Whether you’re parenting high-school aged children or sending your first (or second, or third!) off to college, you’re probably feeling the pressure of getting your back-to-school to-do list started–and I have a helpful group of articles to get you on the right track!
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As college budgets flounder in the recovering economy, we’ve seen colleges make cuts in some very unexpected places - including freezing staff and faculty salaries and decreasing their benefits. Now it seems schools are moving into the student activity danger zone.
Down, Set, Take a Hike
In an effort to reallocate smaller budgets, many colleges have [...]

If you thought your college student was too new to the “adult world” to be the target of a scam, recent news reports may convince you otherwise. They may not have credit to steal, but–like many credit card companies–scammers are targeting teens and college students and counting on their naivety.
New and Improved Scams
We’ve seen several [...]

Your student may be looking forward to three months of endless home cooked meals and trips to the lake or beach, but not all their time should be spent playing this summer!
In an economy like this, a precious commodity like time should really be used. Here are a few ways your student can spend time [...]

What if you could get a guaranteed tuition scholarship at any public college in your state, just by attending school and keeping your GPA above a 2.0?
For some students, this fantasy is becoming a reality thanks to community outreach scholarships.
I Got a Scholarship (in Kalamazoo)
Three years ago the community of Kalamazoo, Michigan began offering the [...]

Who doesn’t want to find free money for college? Private scholarships can be one of your best bets when it comes to funds you don’t have to pay back-but do you know when and how to search them out?
What Do You Mean by “Early”?
Did you know that your fourth-grader could already be adding scholarship [...]

Private scholarships are generally much easier to win if the competition pool is small. That’s why I often advise students to search out local scholarships-they automatically have a smaller group of eligible applicants than do national scholarship competitions.
However, another way to narrow down your odds is to find quirky scholarships. Most scholarship search sites (like [...]

Very few colleges have taken the initiative to offer students scholarships in place of loans. This summer, Amherst College in Massachusets joined the ranks of schools like Princeton and Davidson College by implementing a new financial aid program.
Amherst’s program is targeted to help students graduate debt-free. Under the new policy, students will receive scholarship money [...]

A while ago I posted some information on three common scholarship scams-ways that parents and students are victimized by fraudulent scholarship offers. Today I want to offer you six tips about how to catch scholarship scams before you waste your time and money. The following is a list of phrases and terms that the both [...]

Before you or your student start applying for scholarships and financial aid, you absolutely need to know how to spot a scam. As parents have become more and more concerned about finding additional funding to help cover college costs, scam artists have begun to take advantage of this justifiable worry.
Recent reports on websites like CNN [...]