Taming the Tuition Tiger: Getting the Money to Graduate--with 529 Plans, Scholarships, Financial Aid, and More

Outstanding Guide for Financing College and Graduate School I have been reading guides about financing college and graduate school for over 30 years (from just shortly after my first child was born). In all that time, I failed to find a single book that provided an total overview of how to develop a strategy for financing higher education regardless of how close or how far away one was from having children in college and graduate school until Taming the Tuition Tiger came alone. I was delighted to read this book, and got sev. Whew! I'll sweat less and do more after reading this. Kristoff is very clear and helpful for anyone looking at the (phenomenal and rising) costs of educating a child. We'll be using this for private school and right into college. It doesn't seem so overwhelming now that we've had some guidance to the options (and their pluses and minuses).. A "user friendly" financial planning instruction resource The costs associated with a college or university education are going up faster than the general rate of inflation and projected to do so well into the new two decades. Taming The Tuition Tiger: Getting The Money To Graduate by syndicated personal finance columnist Kathy Kristof informatively presents 529 plans for financing a college education; along with financial aid routes to pursue; information on acquiring student loans; public, private, and corporate scholars

For parents, it's a must-read." -- Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek columnist and author of Making the Most of Your Money"Kathy Kristof has a unique ability to take incredibly confusing topics and make them clear as a bell." -- Clark Howard, Syndicated radio show host and author, Get Clark Smart"Simply the best, smartest, and most comprehensive guide to financing education that I've ever read." -- Liz Pulliam Weston, Personal finance columnist, MSN Money. "Here's everything you need to know about rounding up money for higher education

- Kristof appears twice a week in the Los Angeles Times and is nationally syndicated in 50 papers with a reach of 40 million readers- Saving and investing strategies for families across all income levels- Essential lessons on getting yourself or the kids through school with the least economic pain possible- Written in an engaging and lighthearted style that makes a complex topic accessible to all readers

Kristof is a Los Angeles Times business writer nationally known for her twice-weekly syndicated personal finance column, "Your Money."