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Frontier campus gives head start on college (The Beacon News)
The word is out about the new Frontier Campus in the Indian Prairie School District. Block classes, no school on Fridays and a college-type atmosphere has more than 600 students interested in signing up for classes for the 2007-08 school year. "This is such an innovative program," said Kathy Birkett, assistant superintendent of secondary education for Indian Prairie. "We created an environment ...
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Berklee College of Music announces the City Music Network - a new partnership with community organizations to deliver high-quality contemporary music instruction to underserved youth across the U.S. In a dramatic expansion of the college's groundbreaking, Boston-based City Music program, Berklee will bring its real-time and web-based music education to students nationwide, regardless of financial ...
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At a time when even entry-level jobs often require a bachelor's degree, hardly anyone disputes the importance of a college education. Even so, many parents and students struggle to understand why college costs so much.
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Robert Franek knows a thing or two about the college admissions process and financial aid, as well he should.
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Going to college is a no-brainer for those who can afford it, but higher education actually tends to speed up mental decline when it comes to fumbling for words later in life.


 

 


Tax Deductions for Education

“Kiddie Condo” loans, so named because the mortgage product used to purchase real estate for this purpose is encouraged by a Federal Home Administration (FHA) program that allows parents, grandparents or aunts and uncles to purchase real estate and share the risks and rewards of the investment with the student. 

Students can immediately begin building their credit history with timely mortgage payments while the parents or other benefactors are building equity and avoiding the waste of paying rent and other expenses.

This type of mortgage allows a person to co-borrow with a blood relative (eg. parent, grandparent, sibling, etc.), who helps qualify for the loan using their income or assets. Both borrowers take title to the property, sign for the loan and build their credit profile.  It is a way to off set the high cost of education.

You may be able to deduct qualified tuition and related expenses that you pay for yourself, your spouse, or a dependent. 

You do not have to itemize to take this deduction because it is treated as an adjustment to income. You can claim qualified tuition and fees as either: (1) an adjustment to income, as directed above; or (2) a Hope or Lifetime Learning credit.

You cannot deduct higher education expenses on your income tax return if you or anyone else claims a Hope or Lifetime learning credit based on those SAME expenses.

You cannot claim a deduction or credit based on expenses paid with tax-free scholarship, fellowship, grant, or education savings account funds such as a Coverdell education savings account, tax-free savings bond interest or employer-provided education assistance.

The same rule applies to expenses you pay with a tax-exempt distribution from a qualified tuition plan, except that you can deduct qualified expenses you pay only with that part of the distribution that is a return of your contribution to the plan. You cannot deduct qualified education expenses you deduct anywhere else on your return, such as a business expense
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