November 19, 2021 - Vivian Tsai, CSF Chair, spoke to Host Jim Silbernagel to discuss the results of the CSF Youth Survey and how high school students are feeling about college after a year of COVID. The radio show and podcast aims to prepare FAs with ideas for helping families Continue Reading...
Forbes Judith Ward | Contributor | Personal Finance For many parents, the idea of setting aside savings for their young child’s college education on top of all their family’s current essential financial needs can feel like a daunting task. But it doesn't have to be, and here’s why. You don’t Continue Reading...
October 19, 2021 - WRNE-AM Host Robert Hill interviewed CSF Chair Vivian Tsai for a 14-minute interview on higher education savings and the findings of CSF's State of College Survey of parents. Continue Reading...
KIDS & MONEY Tribune.com Here are some survey statistics that raised my eyebrows: Nearly 60% of the parents receiving the monthly child care tax credits plan to put the extra income into their children’s college savings accounts. In addition, the majority of them — 72% — said they will park Continue Reading...
Fox 5 New York: Good Day New YorkSeptember 15, 2021 CSF Chair Vivian Tsai appeared live on this morning news segment on Child Tax Credits and strategies to help families save for higher education using 529s. https://youtu.be/-6G5ROqMsc0 Continue Reading...
Parents are taking advantage of the child tax credit to shore up college savings TIM GRANT | Pittsburgh Post-Gazette | tgrant@post-gazette.com Families that don’t need the advance child tax credits to pay for everyday household expenses like utility and medical bills are using the extra income to boost their children’s Continue Reading...
June 2 - WRNE-AM Host Robert Hill interviewed CSF Chair Vivian Tsai on the findings of the CSF Youth Survey: the broader array of higher education options that high school students are choosing and how they can use 529s to pay for them. Continue Reading...
CSF Chair Vivian Tsai spoke on Money Sense Radio, airing May 30th and June 5 on WISN AM 1130 hosted by Ellenbecker Investment Group. She addressed CSF's findings from its recent Youth Survey on how high school students are looking at the costs and a wider range of options in Continue Reading...
May 28 - On the eve of National 529 Day, CSF Chair Vivian Tsai spoke about CSF's findings from its 2021 Youth Survey -- how high school students across the country are saving and using 529s to fund higher education goals which include career and technical schools and apprenticeships. Continue Reading...
More high school students are rethinking their college plans due to financial stress caused by pandemic TIM GRANTPittsburgh Post-Gazettetgrant@post-gazette.com May 26, 2021 High school students across the country are emerging from a year of COVID-19 shutdowns with a shift in their mindset concerning higher education as the majority of them are Continue Reading...