Where do you get money to pay for tax cuts? From students and their families, apparently. Congress is weighing proposals to increase the cost and reduce availability of student loans to help pay for tax cuts.

Your 529 can be used tax- and penalty-free for most, but not all, college expenses. Here’s what you can and can’t spend your 529 on, and how to avoid taxes and penalties on your withdrawals.

The fever pace of the current administration’s announcements related to higher education may be making your head spin.

Outside scholarships can be a great way to stretch your college budget. They can also be an exercise in frustration with countless applications yielding small dollars. Knowing how they work and how you get them can make your search more rewarding.

Do we need a Department of Education? To answer that, it’s helpful to know what it actually does.

Talking to your kids about money is awkward at best. Here are some strategies to make those conversations less fraught and more productive.

One of the best ways to save for college is to have other people do it for you. Here’s how.

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.