Many times I heard financial teacher Larry Burkett (my boss from 1990 until his death in 2003) warn that taking on too much college debt could become an obstacle to responding to a call to mission work or other kinds of
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One of the more confusing provisions of the new federal tax code centers on how 529-plan savings account money can be used. It has long been the case that earnings in such accounts are tax-free if used for qualified higher
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SMI's Personal Portfolio Tracker and monthly Fund Performance Rankings report have been updated to reflect mutual-fund performance data current through 6/30/2017. The Tracker and FPR are typically updated monthly between
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Much has been made of all the stress and strain education debt is inflicting on young college grads. But the fastest growing segment of the population with burdensome school debt isn’t the young. It’s borrowers who are
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If you have a college-bound child or grandchild in your life, you may benefit from recent changes in the financial-aid application process. Beginning with the 2017-2018 school year, the federal government’s Free
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August 26, 2016
Crown Financial Ministries
In a tough economy, finding a job straight out of college isn’t easy. It’s even more difficult for graduates who don’t have a clear idea of what they want to do with their education.
For years, Crown Financial Ministries
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More than a quarter (26%) of all American adults have student-loan debt. Many of those people (28%) never finished earning a degree. Among young people who did recently complete their degree, more than two-thirds (70%)
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Much has been made of the fact that today’s college students are more indebted than ever. But the tide is turning, with more of the college-financing burden shifting to parents—something being encouraged by private lenders
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Parents saving for college today enjoy a more attractive college-savings landscape than existed when they were growing up. It was less than 20 years ago, in 1996, that Congress first authorized tax-advantaged “529 plans.”
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On the heels of last week’s college-funding article that drew a great and helpful response from SMI readers, T. Rowe Price published the results of a new survey on the same topic. The research, among 2,000 parents who have
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