Kid in College + Parent Career Change = The Perfect Storm?

If you’re thinking about changing careers or have recently made the leap, chances are you may experience a temporary — or even permanent — cut in pay with that change. And what if your child just happens to be getting set to make his own leap – to college? According to Todd Weaver, Senior Associate at [...]

Student Prophecy – If you think education is expensive, try… well, education: Controlling back-to-school costs

“Sherrill is now working toward her fifth Ph.D. and appears to have her goals set as a career grad student.”  Or at least that’s what the Student Prophecy section of the Crimson Log, my high school yearbook, had predicted for me for 2002.  Well, it’s now 2009, and I’ve only gone back to school twice, [...]

Back to school for a career change? Regarding financial aid, 2 students in family better than 1

If your career change requires you to go back to school right around the time another member of your family is also headed off to college, timing it such that you’re both in school at the same time might increase your financial aid eligibility.  For example, in an earlier post this month, I linked to an article [...]