Parents across the country and around the world often push their children to reach the highest levels of academic success. For many, admission to the most elite institutions, particularly the Ivy League, is seen as a defining marker of achievement leading to...
It’s May which means millions of students will be graduating from high school and college this month. If you have been considering a gift for a high school graduate or a college grad bound for graduate college, you have most likely thought about gifting the conventional cash or check. However, in lieu of cash, you may want to consider contributing…
Following the birth of my daughter, my spouse and I began looking at college tuition rates and anxiously saying to one another, “if college is expensive now, imagine how expensive it will be in 18 years.” This “sticker shock” led me to research, and eventually open, one of the most commonly used educational savings accounts for the benefit of our…