It’s March 15th today, which aside from being the Ides of March, also marks the one-month countdown until tax deadine. Which means, you also have just one month left to make your 2009 contributions to your child’s tax-deferred college savings vehicles. No idea what I’m talking about? Let me step things back for a moment. [...]
According to this recent article on MSNBC, college students are scrambling for financial aid for next year: “The financing system for college is in real crisis,” said Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the American Association of College Registrars and Admissions Officers. “Every one of the participants in the system is experiencing hardship – higher [...]