Search Results

You searched for: "ARTHUR HAUPTMAN"

Education

Tuesday, March 04, 2003 | 3:30 p.m. – 5:30 p.m.

In 1997, the federal government dramatically changed the way it provides financial assistance to college students. With the creation of Hope and the Lifetime Learning Tax Credits, the government began awarding annually an estimated $9.7 billion in benefits to 13.1 million students. Included in the new provisions were many students...

Education

Footing the Tuition Bill

Frederick M. Hess

Monday, September 25, 2006 | 9:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Students and families can finance higher education in three ways: grants, government-backed loans, or private loans. Contemporary research and debate typically focus on grants and federally supported loans. Meanwhile, despite its explosive growth, the private loan market remains minimally researched and poorly understood. This made sense a decade ago, when...