college costs

Stretching Your College Going Dollars – Cost of Attendance Components

by MarkAllen

So today we are going to look at each component of the cost of attendance and see where we can shave off a few dollars. The goal here is to help you get by on the aid dollars you are getting with less than 20 hours of work a week. Why 20? Research shows that [...]

Good Tuition News For California Residents

by mara

Bad News For the Rest of the Country December 3, 2008 by Mara Strom The cost of college tuition is skyrocketing around the country with one exception: California.  In a recent study by the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, the state of California is the only state in the Union that got [...]

5 Places to Buy Textbooks Without Breaking the Bank

by mara

August 4, 2008 by Mara Strom With the first day of college right around the corner, it’s time to start thinking about all those beginning of semester start-up costs. Are you trying to stretch your scholarship dollars? Or make your work-study money go as far as possible? Over the next few Mondays at the Financial [...]