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• Balance Risk, Reward by Diversifying College Savings
• How Low-Income Students Are Fitting In at Elite Colleges
• Are India's Colleges Sparking the Next Arab Spring?

Balance Risk, Reward by Diversifying College Savings Posted: 24 Feb 2016 06:00 AM PST Mike Chapman, an attorney in the Cincinnati area, describes himself as a bit of a "risk taker," so he and his wife decided to take an aggressive college savings investment strategy for their two sons, ages 3 and 8. By investing within with the Ohio 529 plan, he also reaps tax benefits -- a state tax deduction and tax-free withdrawals for qualified higher education expenses. The expenses are intimidating and, in recent years, rising at a rate above inflation, according to the College Board, a nonprofit organization devoted to college readiness.

How Low-Income Students Are Fitting In at Elite Colleges Posted: 24 Feb 2016 04:30 AM PST People from the richest quarter of the population outnumber those from the poorest quarter by almost 25 to one at the nation's most selective institutions.

Are India's Colleges Sparking the Next Arab Spring? Posted: 23 Feb 2016 04:00 PM PST Chile, Mizzou, South Africa. Now, India is one more face of student discontent.

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