Comments on: Freshmen increasingly concerned about cost of tuition, survey shows http://dailytrojan.com/2010/02/01/freshmen-increasingly-concerned-about-cost-of-tuition-survey-shows/ University of Southern California Sat, 11 Feb 2012 08:53:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Doug@CheapScholar.org http://dailytrojan.com/2010/02/01/freshmen-increasingly-concerned-about-cost-of-tuition-survey-shows/comment-page-1/#comment-4132 Doug@CheapScholar.org Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:42:02 +0000 http://dailytrojan.com/?p=7795#comment-4132 Next to purchasing a home, a college education is probably going to be the largest expense/investment that a family can expect in their lifetime. If you have more than one child attending college, the education expense is going to be even more. Given the uncertainty of the economy over the past year and a half, I think it is natural for students attending college to have concerns about how they are going to cover the costs. Especially, if they have parents that are at risk of being laid off or are relying upon investment returns to cover the expenses. The silver lining is that Colleges and Universities nationwide understand the concerns of the families and students and try to put steps in place to mitigate the financial impact for them. Some approaches being utilized can include an increase in work study awards, an emergency fund/loan to help get a family through a single semester, or just being flexible when it comes to paying for tuition (monthly payment plans and extensions). The hope would be that some of these programs can provide relief for students and keep as many of them moving forward with their educational goals as possible. Next to purchasing a home, a college education is probably going to be the largest expense/investment that a family can expect in their lifetime. If you have more than one child attending college, the education expense is going to be even more.

Given the uncertainty of the economy over the past year and a half, I think it is natural for students attending college to have concerns about how they are going to cover the costs. Especially, if they have parents that are at risk of being laid off or are relying upon investment returns to cover the expenses.

The silver lining is that Colleges and Universities nationwide understand the concerns of the families and students and try to put steps in place to mitigate the financial impact for them. Some approaches being utilized can include an increase in work study awards, an emergency fund/loan to help get a family through a single semester, or just being flexible when it comes to paying for tuition (monthly payment plans and extensions).

The hope would be that some of these programs can provide relief for students and keep as many of them moving forward with their educational goals as possible.

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