With the presidential race finally over and President-Elect Barack Obama preparing to take office in January, it seems a good time for us to begin discussing his plans for our higher education system.
Problems and Solutions
The President-Elect’s platform described what he sees as the most important troubles of our current higher education system:

Rising college costs [...]

With the current economy in a funk, I was shocked to read a statistic in a recent Kiplinger article that a staggering 70% of surveyed parents do not figure in their student’s potential postgrad income when deciding how much to borrow for college!
Bills, Bills, Go Away

It’s true that in many cases a student loan can [...]

With college legislation and student loan troubles all over the headlines, it seems like everyone wants to get in on the college news front.  The latest addition?  A new “College Ranking” list from Forbes Magazine.
Another Way NOT to Choose a College
Forbes, which joins U.S. News in the college ranking game, has recently released its methodology [...]

I took a hiatus from posting to my blog due to the fact that our staff member who formats and uploads the blog entries was on maternity leave.  But she’s back now so I will again be making regular posts.
I want to update you on our own family’s college planning progress.  You may recall that [...]