WUSA-TV: College Savings Foundation Chair Vivian Tsai told viewers how the COVID-19 was impacting the higher education plans, financing strategies and future career plans for high school students across the country. This was based on CSF's survey of over 1,000 high school sophomores, juniors and seniors. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-InpSdwTh8&feature=youtu.be Continue Reading...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette High school graduates are changing their college plans because of COVID-19 Andrew Rush/Post-Gazette TIM GRANTPittsburgh Post-Gazettetgrant@post-gazette.com JUN 30, 2020 6:01 AMMany high school students who were thrilled to get accepted to the colleges and universities of their choice earlier this year will need to change their plans and either choose Continue Reading...
CSF Chair Vivian Tsai told "Money Life with Chuck Jaffe" how COVID-19 has changed the plans of high school students for higher education, financing and careersmoneylifeshow.com Continue Reading...
CNBC.com PERSONAL FINANCE More than half of students probably can’t afford college due to Covid-19 PUBLISHED THU, JUN 4 202010:42 AM EDTJessica Dickler @JDICKLER With millions of Americans now out of work, one expense is suddenly out of reach for many: higher education. More than half, or 56%, of college Continue Reading...
Posted Apr 12, 2020 By Karin Price Mueller | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com When colleges across the country started to shut down their dorms and cafeterias because of the coronavirus outbreak, families received partial refunds for housing and meal plan costs. But what if you used a 529 plan to pay your college Continue Reading...
SMART TAX PLANNING How to avoid a tax problem if you get a refund from your college for spring semester PUBLISHED APR 30 2020 Jessica Dickler@JDICKLER If you got a refund from college for room and board or other expenses, consider yourself lucky. But beware of the potential tax bite. Continue Reading...
Kelly Phillips Erb Senior Contributor April 30, 2020 Every Friday evening, my husband's college friends have a Zoom happy hour: it's practicing social distancing and being social at the same time. The conversations have been dominated, of late, by the COVID-19 pandemic and how it's affecting our families. One popular Continue Reading...
By Steve Rosen Tribune News Service (TNS) Apr 20, 2020 Prepare to hit the reboot button on your 529 college savings account if it was tapped to pay for room, board and other costs this school year. That’s because many colleges and universities plan to offer full or partial refunds Continue Reading...
TIM GRANT Pittsburgh Post-Gazette tgrant@post-gazette.com April 23: CSF Chair Vivian Tsai explained how families can redeposit funds received as higher-education refunds, into their 529 savings plans. Colleges and universities sometimes need to refund a portion of the money families pay for expenses due to problems such as a student deciding to Continue Reading...
By RYAN LANE of NerdWallet CSF Chair Vivian Tsai was quoted in this Associated Press story from Nerdwallet on how families can think about their 529 savings in fast-changing financial markets. In this June 20, 2019, file photo students walk around a RAMS sign at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Va. Continue Reading...