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• Russia prepares education campaign to tackle doping in sport
• Prepaid Tuition Plans Can Still Work
• 10 Financial Decisions You Will Regret Forever
• Foreign students at U.S. colleges more likely to cheat, study finds
• College Loan Glut Worries Policy Makers

Russia prepares education campaign to tackle doping in sport Posted: 06 Jun 2016 10:13 AM PDT Russia will roll out an educational campaign to promote fair play in sport as it cleans up after a series of doping scandals, the sports ministry said on Monday. Russia was suspended from world athletics in November after an international investigation uncovered damning evidence of widespread doping and corruption. All higher education institutions for professionals in the fields of sport and medicine will teach an anti-doping class." In a further step, lessons on anti-doping will be rolled out in schools across the country.

Prepaid Tuition Plans Can Still Work Posted: 06 Jun 2016 06:16 AM PDT Once the dominant type of 529, prepaid plans have fallen from favor, holding about $24 billion in assets last year compared to $234 billion for savings-style plans, according to the Investment Company Institute, the mutual fund trade group. Unlike stocks and bonds, college tuition rarely falls, so pre-purchased credits are unlikely to lose value.

10 Financial Decisions You Will Regret Forever Posted: 06 Jun 2016 05:40 AM PDT According to John Sweeney, executive vice president for retirement and investment strategies at Fidelity Investments, you're likely to reduce or suspend new contributions during the period you're repaying the loan. Keep in mind, too, that you'll be paying the interest on that 401(k) loan with after-tax dollars -- then paying taxes on those funds again when retirement rolls around. College tuition, for instance, can be covered with student loans and PLUS loans for parents.

Foreign students at U.S. colleges more likely to cheat, study finds Posted: 05 Jun 2016 01:57 PM PDT A flood of foreign undergraduates on America's campuses is improving the financial health of universities. It also sometimes clashes with a fundamental value of U.S. scholarship: academic integrity.

College Loan Glut Worries Policy Makers Posted: 05 Jun 2016 12:01 PM PDT The U.S. government over the last 15 years made a trillion-dollar investment to improve the nation's workforce, productivity and economy. A big portion of that investment has now turned toxic, with echoes of the housing crisis. The investment was in "human capital," or, more specifically, higher education.

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