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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
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