Just 9 days till Spring Break (not like I’m counting)… And while the break is a time to enjoy some well-earned down time, it’s also a great time to make college visits. For starters, it is much [...]

The Florida Legislature is getting ready to vote on a bill that will reduce the Bright Futures award from it’s current $3,700 to about $2,900 per year, making college in Florida more [...]

I just came from my son’s first baseball game of the season. He’s only 8, so the stakes aren’t very high despite my intensity as Head Coach, but it is competitive and it is fun. [...]

Far too often (especially at this time of year) I hear from parents who have come to see me, either at a workshop or in my office, “Gee, if only I had known about you a year or two [...]

Ordinarily I’m not given to hyperbole; I’m more of a ‘net net’ kind of guy. Yet I truly believe we are on the verge of a serious national debate about the outrageous cost [...]

560Wind_Peter Ratzan_Ken Schreiber This show aired on Sunday, January 30 in Chicago, IL. Ken and I discussed a variety of topics, including President Obama’s State of the Union Address and [...]

It should be more difficult to get financial aid in 2011-12, according to an article from yesterday’s US News & World Report. Colleges have seen their asset portfolios decline in recent [...]

Tune In on Sunday, January 30 as Ken Schreiber, midday host of Chicago’s 560 am, and I cut through the Washington jargon and get right to the heart of the ‘Cut Waste v Invest’ [...]

When selecting a college, it is critical to know the school’s graduation rate.  These are measured in 4-, 5-, and 6-year rates of graduation.  The benchmark is 6 years, believe it or not [...]

I want to switch gears for a second to issue a very serious warning about bogus financial aid services.  When it gets ‘down-to-the-wire’ for paying the college bill,  many students [...]