By Jonathan Hughes, Associate Director of College Planning and Content Creation, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority June 24, 2025 (reprint from June 2024) If there is one pernicious myth that I […]
By Jonathan Hughes, Associate Director of College Planning and Content Creation, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority June 25, 2024 If there is one pernicious myth that I could stomp out of […]
By Julie Shields-Rutyna, Senior Director of College Planning, Education, and Training, MEFA May 30, 2023 As Director of College Planning, Education, and Training at MEFA, I am always talking with […]
By Meredith Barnhart, Director of Integrated Communications, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority. June 28, 2022 The overlap of college savings accounts and financial aid can be confusing for families, and it’s important to […]
By Meredith Clement, Managing Editor, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority April 20, 2021 College is filled with new experiences, challenges and adventures, and for each student, it plays a pivotal role in […]
By Meredith Barnhart, Director of Integrated Communications, MEFA November 10, 2020 It’s Veterans Day, and in honor of those men and women who have served, we’re highlighting education benefits available to […]
By Julie Shields-Rutyna, Director of College Planning and Education, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority October 20, 2020 One evening a few weeks ago, I presented an Early College Planning webinar, providing […]
By Meredith Barnhart, Director of Integrated Communications, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority. June 23, 2020 The overlap of college savings accounts and financial aid can be confusing for families, and it’s important to […]
The holidays are upon us, and if you have any children on your gift list this season, we have a great idea. Give the gift that opens doors to the […]
By Meredith Barnhart, Director of Integrated Communications, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority October 1, 2019 We all know that saving money is a good habit. It allows us to pay for […]
By Jonathan Hughes, Associate Director of College Planning and Education, Massachusetts Educational Financing Authority June 26, 2019 Financial aid is awarded based on two separate factors: merit and financial need. […]
By Julie Shields-Rutyna, Director of College Planning, MEFA January 8, 2019 It’s a new year, and I am two weeks into my new year’s resolutions and doing pretty well! […]