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Voices: Manuel Fabriquer, On College Planning WSJ Blogs

Manuel Fabriquer is founder and president of San Jose, Calif.-based College Planning ABC. My firm offers clients creative ways to reduce college expenses and make college affordable. I help people put together individual financial plans ...
Getting a Bigger Financial-Aid Offer; Persuading a school to increase its offer is easier than many people realize. The trick is knowing how -- and when -- to ask. SmartMoney.com

It's that terrifying time for seniors -- high school seniors, that is: the nail-biting moment when millions of them find out whether they've been accepted or rejected by their college of choice. But if that in-or-out verdict appears final, ...
College Math 101: Calculating the Real Cost of Attending WSJ.com

The fat envelopes are rolling in for Rhianna Lawson, a high-school senior in Virginia Beach, Va. But her college pick won't come down to which has the greenest quad or best dorm. It'll be about how much her parents have to shell ...
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Colleges Get Career-Minded; More Liberal-Arts Schools Stress Skills Development, Ruffling Academic Feathers WSJ.com

At Wake Forest University, students can hedge their bets, majoring in history and balancing out Napoleon or the Prussians with a minor in Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship.
Financial Planners Are Wooing the Unwed; Advisers are committing to a new market: the growing number of American couples who are opting out of marriage. SmartMoney.com

For most couples, marriage provides emotional and financial support -- to say nothing of a guaranteed date on Saturday night. But for retired executive Eric Nathan, it's little more than a musty tradition. The divorced 64-year-old North ...
Families Study Plan B With Possible Stafford-Loan Rate Spike WSJ.com

The rates on popular federal student loans could shoot up before the next academic season, depending on the outcome of a political battle brewing in Washington.
Aquinas College students working to promote sustainability at Grand Rapids businesses WSJM

GRAND RAPIDS, MI -- Transforming vacant buildings in her Eastown neighborhood into sustainable, mixed-use properties has been a goal for Paige Shesterkin ever since she came to Aquinas College four years ago.
The Affluent Postpone Retirement WSJ Blogs

The portion of well-off U.S. workers who expect to retire later than they originally planned climbed significantly in a new survey. Fifty-seven percent of "mass affluent" people in the workforce expect to retire later than they planned a ...
Ford retirees face buyout dilemma; Lump sum now or monthly installments? MarketWatch

BOSTON (MarketWatch)—Imagine for a moment that you’re one of some 90,000 retired white-collar workers at Ford Motor Co. and you learn—somewhat unexpectedly—that the company plans to offer you a voluntary lump-sum defined benefit payment.
4-star DT Webb Planning Visits WSJM

ERIAL, N.J. -- During Scout.com's recent visit to Timber Creek Regional High, four-star defensive tackle Greg Webb spoke about his recruitment. He talked about schools he will visit this spring, when he will trim his list and when a ...
Another Barksdale Looking at MSU WSJM

With his brother planning on walking-on the Michigan State football program this fall, Drew Barksdale is planning a spring game visit to check out the Spartans. We have the latest on the Ohio athlete and his interest in MSU.
Katherine Mirani: College Routine Challenging After Loss of Friend WSJ Blogs

BY KATHERINE MIRANI/Northwestern University Last week, I received some terrible news right after finishing an economics midterm. My best friend was calling to tell me that a boy we both knew from volunteering in Honduras, Denis, had died in ...
New hires at Forensic Fluids Labs in Kalamazoo bring backgrounds in education, research, planning and sales WSJM

KALAMAZOO Forensic Fluids Laboratories announces three recent staff additions. Rhonda M. Haines has been named regional sales director of Michigan for the laboratory. Haines has extensive experience in sales, advertising and marketing, ...
Human Trafficking Fundraiser Pulls In $6000 WSJM

A fundraiser to bring in money to fight human trafficking over the weekend is being called a success. Organizer Leah Steinhauser said it surpassed their expectations.
Retirement Planning: Beyond Asset Allocation SmartMoney Blogs

Alicia Munnell, the director of the Center for Retirement Research at Boston College, is a weekly contributor to "Encore. The financial industry puts considerable time, effort, and advertising dollars into showing Americans how to invest ...

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