College planning

The average plan holds less than $29,000, which would pay for about half of a year at the average private university or a year or more at a public one.

Plans sold through brokers cost nearly three times as much as those sold directly; time-stressed parents can find it's worth it.

UHY tax principal Thérèse Wolfe says Generation X is sandwiched between the needs of their aging parents and those of their college-debt burdened children — and they need help to handle the financial burdens.

It may seem counterintuitive, but paying appreciably more taxes in 2020 could save families a lot of money down the road.

Some private educational institutions are now facing taxes on their investments under the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., introduced the legislation in response to the recent college admissions scandal.

The California charity at the center of the college-admissions scandal apparently never attracted attention from the IRS.

A top Senate Democrat is looking to end tax breaks for college donations that parents may be making to universities in an attempt to get their children admitted.

Harvard University’s $39.2 billion endowment has reached a record value. So did Yale. And Brown. And Dartmouth.

Americans are divided over whether U.S. college endowments should have to pay a new federal tax, according to a national survey on higher education.