States' Interest in Tuition Plans Grows; Focus Shifts Toward Savings Programs.

Leatherman, Courtney

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Publication Date: 1988

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States' Interest in Tuition Plans Grows; Focus Shifts Toward Savings Programs.

Leatherman, Courtney

Chronicle of Higher Education, v35 n3 pA1,24,26-28 Sep 14 1988

States are moving away from plans allowing parents to pay for their children's education at a fixed rate years in advance, instead looking at plans that simply help parents save money. Of the nine guaranteed-tuition programs, only three are in operation, and some are pressing for a national program. (MSE)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Investment, Long Range Planning, Money Management, National Programs, State Programs, Trend Analysis, Tuition

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