How to Find Money for College in a Recession
Source: usnews.com Posted By: Anna C...5350 days ago
Back when jobs were plentiful, investments were growing nicely, and borrowing was easy—the good old days of 2007 and 2008—students and parents could generally cobble together the $18,000 or so annual cost of a year at a public university using some variation of the oft-recommended "thirds" strategy: one third from savings, one third from debt, and one third (about $500 a month) out of the family paychecks.
But how can they scrape together tuition money now that the bear market has wiped out savings,....