Will your employer pay for you to go back to school?

If you don’t know the answer to that question, it may be time to speak to someone in your Human Resources office or dive into the benefits information provided on your employee intranet. Many employers offer tuition assistance programs as a way to help recruit and retain a qualified and well-educated workforce, but making the most of your tuition assistance dollars is not always as easy as it may first appear.

Guest post by educations.com

Higher education is always associated with costs. While tuition is something that is taken for granted for many of us, the extent to which it becomes a concern fluctuates from year to year. A study on student trends by educations.com found that tuition is one of the growing major concerns for prospective students wanting to study abroad. This trend is visible across the different continents.

For high school seniors who are finalizing their college lists—or juniors who are just starting to get serious about their college search—one feature you may be looking for in a college is generosity.  Specifically, how generous is a college with their need-based financial aid programs?

Paying for college for middle income families can be a challenge. When you make too much money to qualify for financial aid, but not enough to be able to write a check, you can feel stuck. Former Tufts University financial aid officer Jeanne Mahan understands your predicament and offers her insight on putting the financial puzzle pieces together.

It should go without saying that one of the best deals out there in the higher education market is your in-state public university.  Subsidized by taxpayer dollars, public universities provide state residents at all income levels access to a top quality education at a discounted price.  Therefore, your home state’s public universities can be a great place to start in the college search process.

If you paid college expenses in 2017, you may be entitled to a tax break. In the latest installment of the College Coach video series, Ask the College Finance Expert, former Southern New Hampshire University financial aid officer Alex Bickford breaks down the college tax breaks to ensure that parents and students claim all credits and deductions they are eligible for. Watch Alex’s video to learn, “What are the tax breaks for paying for college?”

When it comes to financing an MBA, don’t believe everything you hear. Myths abound, and you should consider the expertise and experience of your advisor before taking their education finance advice. In her latest contribution to the Fortuna Admissions blog, College Coach’s Shannon Vasconcelos takes on the top five rumors she’s encountered about financing business school.

As a recent Mercedes TV pitch entices, “the best or nothing.”

Like the price tag on a luxury car or a Tiffany diamond, the sticker price of a college is somehow linked to the perceived value of that education. And who doesn’t want the best for their children? But the best… or nothing? That perception is limiting, and some colleges are making moves to flip the script on this notion.

If you’re a prospective international student, you’ll need more than just a valid passport to study in the USA; you will also need to certify your finances. What exactly does it mean when a US university asks you for evidence of adequate financial support? As non-immigrant visa holders, international students are required by law to demonstrate proof of sufficient funding a.k.a. “certification of finances.” This documentation allows universities to get more information about the funds available to students wishing to study in the United States.

After a flurry of debate and revisions over the last couple of weeks, the tax reform bill, formerly known as the “Tax Cuts and Jobs Act,” passed both houses of Congress today. As one of the most sweeping reforms of our tax code in decades, repercussions of the bill—both positive and negative—will likely be felt through all sectors of our economy for years to come. We thought readers of The Insider, however, may be particularly interested in the education provisions of the bill—how tax reform will affect students, parents, and the educational institutions that support them. We’ve broken down the key education provisions of the new tax law into categories, based upon the stakeholders most affected, though impacts will certainly be felt across stakeholder groups and through society at large.