How to help parents boost college saving confidence

The most basic goal of effective college planning is to achieve agreement between spouses, and that's not always easy at all.

By Rich White | Updated on April 13, 2015

To understand the financial values and concerns of today’s families, check out a thoughtful new survey published by T. Rowe Price. It is the “2015 Family Financial Trade-offs Survey” and you can see a summary of findings here: http://www.slideshare.net/TRowePrice/2015-03-final-tradeoff-deck

The 2,000 parents who participated in the survey were selected because they have a retirement savings account and at least one child age 15 or younger. The participant pool was equally divided between men and women.

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