With the rising cost of a college education, is college still a good investment?
According to Fortune Magazine, the average cost of tuition plus room and board can run from $14,000 per year at a public university to $34,000 per year at a private university.
The cost of college has far outpaced the income of the average family. Filling the gap with loans can leave students saddled with debt and wondering if college is worth a try.
After all, several successful people have never attended college or enrolled and then dropped out.
For example, at 19, Michael Dell dropped out of the University of Texas at Austin. Steve …read more

Kelly, from Tax Girl, sent me an article that I think you will all find very interesting.  It basically gives the ups and downs of saving for college.
If you are a greedy person like me, this will be a no-brainer: tell your kids to suck it up and take out some student loans (since I don’t have any kids, I can say that).
For the rest of you over-achievers, there’s the college fund… But what are you doing wrong?  Apparently CNN knows.  Here’s some snippets of what they had to say:

Problem #1: The Wilkes want to help their kids pay for …read more