Saving for college

Scott Pankratz and Julie Osborn are phenomenal planners and money managers -- except when it comes to their own investments.

Figuring out how much college is going to cost you is about to get much easier.

When you apply for financial aid, a 529 plan has to be reported as a parental asset if it's owned by that parent or the dependent student. If your father gives you power of attorney on the 529, you'll be able to act on his behalf, but he'll still be the account owner.

Thousands of college students may soon feel a financial pinch and another 100,000 may not be able to complete degrees after Congress pushed ahead with changes to federal student aid, education experts said.

The class of 2011 scored higher-paying jobs than graduates the year before, with engineering and computer science majors taking home the fattest paychecks.

While it's tempting to consider using retirement funds to pay off student loan debt, there are huge drawbacks, warns Mark Kantrowitz, founder of Finaid.org.

If you want the best odds of getting a job after graduation, don't major in architecture.

Did you ever want to be a personal-finance advice columnist? Well, here's your chance.

Some private colleges are paying their top executives millions of dollars, at the same time they're hiking tuition prices for students.

1. Saving for your own retirement is more important than saving for college.