New CSD Research: Assets and Liabilities, Educational Expectations, and Children’s College Degree Attainment
Building on an emerging area of research, a new study by the Center for Social Development examines household assets (financial and nonfinancial) and liabilities (secured and unsecured) and their association with later attainment of a bachelor’s degree. The authors also investigate relationships of assets and liabilities with educational expectations of both parents and children.
Low-Cost State Innovations to Help Families Save for College
A new joint policy brief from New America and the Center for Social Development explores a number of small, lower-cost innovations that states could undertake through their 529 plans to remove disincentives and increase savings.
After Oppenheimer
In a recent piece for The Oregonian, David Newville and Rourke O'Brien of the College Savings Initiative offer up improvements to 529 plans in light of a tumultous 2008 that saw state lawsuits filed against plan providers.
