Prepaid-Tuition Plans Reduce Families' Eligibility for Need-Based Aid, Report Says

By BRENDON FLEMING

Families who expect to receive need-based student aid to help finance their children's college educations may unintentionally be reducing their eligibility for such aid by saving for college, particularly through prepaid-tuition plans, according to a report released last month by the Lumina Foundation...

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