What do the University of Alabama, Harvard, Pepperdine and Yale have in common? At least one student from each won a Rhodes Scholarship this year.

The FAFSA’s Student Aid Index gets a lot of attention, but net cost is what you should pay attention to.

Here's a suggestion: instead of focusing on which college your student should apply to or go to, think about why you want them to go to college. Why college opens doors.

UTMA accounts are great for a lot of things. Financial aid isn't one of them. Here's what you need to know if your student has a UTMA.

It’s a new school year, so let’s kick it off with some New Year’s Resolutions.

The FAFSA asks about income numerous ways: it collects your tax return data through the IRS Data Retrieval Tool and then poses a number of additional questions about income. So let’s look at those.

What is and isn’t an asset on the FAFSA? Here’s a quick “is it or isn’t it?” for you.