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	<description>Paying for college the right way for your family</description>
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		<title>When does your teenager become an adult?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:50:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A recent spate of articles on &#8220;Letting Go&#8221; and &#8220;Helicopter Parenting&#8221; surrounding the difficult event of parents dropping teenagers off at college included one about parents who choose to stay around after the drop-off for a couple days.  Why would they do that?  &#8220;Just in case Junior needs something.&#8221;  Maybe that&#8217;s not the real reason.
Colleges [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Start Here &#8211; Using the CFG ScholarBank</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Jul 2010 15:41:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing we discovered when looking at scholarships available to  Richmond-area students was that there was no “one” source of regional  scholarships. So we decided to take a crack at it. And thus, the CFG  ScholarBank was born. We are continually tracking down scholarships  available to Central Virginia college-bound students and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Now you see it, Now you don&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 13:33:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How has the recent government stimulus affected your college plans?  There was the American Opportunity Tax Credit.  And the broadening of 529 plans to cover computers and internet service.  Stimulus = Good, right?  Not really.
Now that the &#8220;stimulus&#8221; has run its course, the real effects are coming.  The U.S. News and World Report notes that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teenagers and Human Capital</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:08:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interesting piece in the Wall Street Journal about personal risk management, and how you need to evaluate not only the risk in your investment capital but also in your human capital – your measure of your future earnings based on where you are in life.  As a student, your human capital far exceeds your investment [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Shocking True Cost of Student Loans</title>
		<link>http://www.thecollegecompanion.com/the-shocking-true-cost-of-student-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 18:24:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What does your student loan cost you? The conventional answer is to look at the monthly payment times the number of months and get the total. If you graduate with $20,000 in Stafford Loans, paying them back at $230/month for ten years, you&#8217;ll pay right around $27,600 total. But there is a huge flaw with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tough Job Prospects &#8211; Plus a Surprise</title>
		<link>http://www.thecollegecompanion.com/tough-job-prospects-plus-a-surprise/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thecollegecompanion.com/tough-job-prospects-plus-a-surprise/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 13:50:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The stories abound about the dim job prospects facing college graduates.   Here are a few quotes:
&#8220;Everybody, including college graduates, needs to learn to adjust their  expectations in line with reality. We are in the middle of a global  financial crisis, which means individuals have to make sacrifices. As  for college graduates who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tuition Increase Numbers Are In</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 16:47:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Virginia public colleges have reported their planned tuition for 2010-2011.  Below are the planned increases in tuition and mandatory fees.  Does your college funding plan deal with how to pay for these?





Christopher   Newport


12.1%




William   &#38; Mary


9.8%




George   Mason


8.2%




James   Madison


6.7%




Longwood


9.0%




Norfolk   State


5.9%




Old   Dominion


5.3%




Radford


11.4%




Mary   Washington


9.0%




Virginia


9.9%




VCU


23.9%




VMI


8.2%




Virginia State


6.4%




Virginia [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How money can be a factor</title>
		<link>http://www.thecollegecompanion.com/how-money-can-be-a-factor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 May 2010 14:05:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a good listen from Marketplace on how some families are having to deal with bringing the cost of college front and center in making decisions.  Does this sound familiar to your family?
To go directly to the page with the audio, click here.


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		<title>Deadlines Matter</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two stories this week really brought home the matter of getting your college business taken care of early.  States are running out of grant money.  The Illinois Student Assistance Commission announced it was suspending awards for students that had not yet submitted the FAFSA.  The Kentucky Higher Education Assistance Authority will only [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Zany Scholarships</title>
		<link>http://www.thecollegecompanion.com/zany-scholarships/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 12:58:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jwest</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wall Street Journal highlights wacky scholarships in a front page article. Talk of Duck Tape contests, tall people awards, and strange last names are fun, and maybe they even interest you. At College Funding Group, we encourage students to &#8220;look local&#8221; first. The CFG ScholarBankTM might be your ticket to do just that. With [...]]]></description>
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