Moral Quandaries of College vs. Retirement Savings

Kwame Anthony Appiah of the NYT The Ethicist answered a parent's question today about the difficult choice of paying for a child's pricey tuition at the "dream school" and busting into the retirement account or encouraging enrollment in a state school to save on tuition.  This gets to the reason I started Grads529.  Too many of my students and families are faced with this choice every spring.  I believe that utilizing a 529 account consistently will make a big difference in a family's options when it comes to making this kind of choice.

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/13/magazine/do-i-have-to-spring-for-my-kid-to-go-to-an-elite-college.html?smid=tw-nytimes&smtyp=cur