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https://www.forbes.com/sites/schifrin/2019/11/27/dawn-of-the-dead-for-hundreds-of-the-nations-private-colleges-its-merge-or-perish/

Interesting article. As an independent college consultant, I also have to consider the financial health of a college.This article has a searchable database that rates colleges. The lower the grade, the less likely that the school will be in business long term. The A+ ratings at the top belong to schools like Stanford and the Ivies.

Dawn Of The Dead: For Hundreds Of The Nation’s Private Colleges, It’s Merge Or Perish How financially fit is your Alma mater? Forbes' 2019 College Financial Grades paint a grim picture for most.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/15/your-money/fafsa-financial-aid-student-loans.html

FAFSA Says How Much You Can Pay for College. It’s Often Wrong. The form opens the door to student aid. But it’s “a terrible measure of what people can actually afford,” one expert said. And many families will be asked to pay more, anyway.

Firms Offer Student-Loan Payment Perk - e.g. Employers match worker's college-debt reduction with 401(K) contributions - because many workers with student loans postpone saving for retirement because they have to pay their loans. WSJ October 11, 2019
The New York Fed consumer credit Panel/Equifax shows student loan debt is now $1.5 trillion.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/employers-try-a-new-perk-matching-student-loan-payments-with-401-k-contributions-11570708801

Employers Try a New Perk: Matching Student Loan Payments With 401(k) Contributions Many workers with student loans postpone saving for retirement. Now, a handful of companies are trying to prevent them from falling behind on retirement savings by matching their student-loan repayments with contributions to a 401(k) plan.

Graduate School costs are even more daunting!
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/08/21/columbia-stanford-and-chicago-law-schools-now-cost-more-100000-attend?utm_source=Inside+Higher+Ed&utm_campaign=7ec79b2d89-DNU_2019_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1fcbc04421-7ec79b2d89-236254533&mc_cid=7ec79b2d89&mc_eid=165cb5011f

Columbia, Stanford and Chicago law schools now cost more than $100,000 to attend

Interested in College Affordability? In this webinar I 'll explain why it's critically important that parents and student discuss college costs and plan to apply to affordable colleges.This webinar will be broadcast by UC - Irvine. When: July 31, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST https://ce.uci.edu/resources/events/event.aspx?id=00532
UCI instructor and Certified Educational Planner, Claire Law, discusses college affordability.
When: July 31, 2019 11:00 am – 12:00 pm PST
To register, https://ce.uci.edu/resources/events/event.aspx?
id=00532. Even if you cannot attend the live session, you will receive a recording of the webinar if you register.

College Affordability: Embracing the Elephant in the Room You’re an independent educational consultant and just closed a contract with a client. You’ve told the client that you will conduct an “affordability review” to make sure that you present them with colleges that they can afford. Now you’re talking with the student about academics, personal...

The American University in London, visited in March, is located in a truly classical, park-like setting in the county of Richmond in London.

Biggest College Debt Source
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/03/upshot/student-debt-big-culprit-graduate-school.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Biggest Offender in Outsize Debt: Graduate Schools The market for master’s degrees behaves in strange and erratic ways, new data reveals.