DOL rule, other challenges are fueling the increase in asset management mergers, college students who lose their financial aid are more likely to drop out and don't bring ashes to the opera.
(Bloomberg) -- College financial aid counselors are supposed to be students’ primary resource to help figure out how to pay for school—determining how much they'll need to borrow, the types of loans best suited for them, and...
(Bloomberg View) -- The Harvard Management Co., which oversees Harvard University’s endowment and other investments, just released its 2016 annual report. Its grim reading: the fund had a negative return of 2 percent and was worth about...
(Bloomberg) -- Yale University posted a 3.4 percent investment gain, besting rival Harvard University, which joined most college endowments in reporting annual losses...
Higher-education industry insiders have been speculating about what the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid rules will mean for families and also the colleges themselves. What seems clear is that families should be the big winners...
(Bloomberg) -- Assets in college savings plans named for an obscure section of the Internal Revenue Service code hit a new record this summer, totaling $266.2 billion. That’s up 5.1 percent from a year ago, when assets in the accounts...
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Because kids these days just can't do anything on their own, grandparents are more than willing to help foot the bill for their grandchildren's college educations, according to Fidelity Investmen...
