Inching your way to college
By Lael Oldmixon, UA College Savings Plan My son is closing in on his final days of kindergarten before he graduates to first grade. If this year is any indication, […]
Tag Archives: college
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Spring Cleaning Tips: Seven Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Money
By Betty Lochner Director of Washington’s Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) program April 18, 2016 My parents were children during the great depression. Because of this, they taught me to think […]
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Student Debt: Treat the Disease – Not Just the Symptoms
By Nancy Farmer President, Private College 529 Plan April 4, 2016 For the past few months, I’ve seen news story after news story about companies rolling out a new benefit […]
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Financial Literacy Education is a Necessary Investment in Our Youth
By Hon. Lynn Fitch, Mississippi State Treasurer and CSPN Executive Board Member March 28, 2016 I once had a coworker tell me a story about her daughter and an overdrawn […]
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Total 529 Plan Investments Reach $253 billion in 2015
By Hon. Young Boozer, State Treasurer of Alabama & 2016 chair of the College Savings Plans Network March 15, 2016 Today, the College Savings Plans Network published its 2015 Year-End […]
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Use your four-leaf clover for more than luck
By Hon. Michael L. Fitzgerald, State Treasurer of Iowa March 9, 2016 This St. Patrick’s Day, don’t leave your college savings to luck – but do look to your four-leaf […]
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February, the Short Month
Rachel Biar Assistant State Treasurer, Nebraska February 22, 2016 While February may have fewer days than other months, it is filled with healthy hearts, hearts of St. Valentine, presidents, snow […]
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Is Your Child Our Nation’s Next President?
Nicolette Johnston Public Information Officer for the Nevada State Treasurer’s Office February 15, 2016 One can dream, right? We all have dreams of what we want to be when we […]
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H.R. 529: A Case for CSPN Advocacy
Troy Montigney Executive Director, Indiana’s CollegeChoice 529 Savings Plans February 8, 2016 Bipartisan consensus is an aim rarely sought or achieved in Washington these days, but in 2015, college savings […]
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Families Love Prepaid Programs’ Peace of Mind
By Mary Morris CEO, Virginia529 College Savings Plan February 1, 2016 Last week I received an email from a mother with prepaid college tuition contracts for two sons, born a […]
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Dare to Dream
By Betty Lochner Director of the WA Guaranteed Education Tuition (GET) and Past Chair of the College Savings Plans Network January 18, 2016 “Life’s most persistent and urgent question is: […]
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Resolution Kept: The Relief of Having Planned Ahead for College Costs
By Patricia Roberts, CSPN Corporate Affiliate Chair January 11, 2016 As I look at the year ahead and consider resolutions to potentially make, I inevitably think of various others I’ve […]