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CPAs, tax practitioners and various other counselors are advising American families about their college purchases. Keith Landis and his firm are advising the advisors. He shares some interesting observations.
In a campus office that's always dealing with remarkable complexity, there's an apparent desire - and even some movement - toward simplification. Here are more choice morsels from this year's annual conference of financial aid administrators.
In a campus office that's always dealing with remarkable complexity, there's an apparent desire - and even some movement - toward simplification. Here are some choice morsels from this year's annual conference of financial aid administrators.
New + Notable by Tom Robinson
Question: How can a mysterious company in a small town off the beaten path assure access to top notch business talent? Answer: Create a notable partnership with the University of Tennessee.
Overheard at at the Consumer Bankers Assn
Under new leadership the Consumer Bankers Association combined several of its annual meetings and workshops into one spring meeting. Among the 780 attendees were the bankers and lenders who still make up a considerably slimmer student loan industry. Many attendees found the wider-than-customary mix of retail banking sessions enlightening. Others did not appreciate the distraction from student loans.
Auxiliaries are potent revenue generators
These campus operations are money-makers. While housing and dining services are marketing lures for prospective students, they also can generate welcome extra revenue. Some campuses are re-mixing their offerings and resetting prices much the same way as national hotel and restaurant brands.
So Sue Me
Institutions and individuals duel over intellectual property in an environment reminiscent of Jack London's Klondike.
By Jim Castagnera
What’s new in student loans?
A new law and some new rules - both with 2014 implementation dates. Don't let them distract you from the misnamed 'gainful employment' struggle that may well be a stalking horse for something else entirely. By Jeff Wendt
What factors drive buying decisions in the higher education marketplace?
Here is a point of view on a consumer centric approach to college pricing.
What sounds do entrepreneurs make?
Higher education and entrepreneurs. It's been a great matchup. It will continue to be so. Here's the why and how of it. From people who know.
Stephen Spinelli
A successful academic. Next, a very successful entrepreneur. Now a university president. Stephen Spinelli has much to share on the topic of entrepreneurship.
John Katzman
The founder of Princeton Review has moved on since the company's $50 million initial public offering in 2001. His current venture is a model so unique it's difficult to describe. Suffice it to say that 2Tor provides real help to premium brand campuses - one at a time.