Carolyn,
Thank you for this blog post about Lynn O'Shaughnessy's book. I'm going to forward it to people who are about to face the how-to-pay-for-college dilemma. I find that I am quiet in public about our family decision to put an upper limit on college costs. In some circles (and I am not exaggerating), parents equate this decision with not caring enough about one's child's education or not being willing to make the necessary sacrifices to pay for the "best" college. So I go back and forth: still a little self-conscious because we're following a different drummer, but very pleased that the tuition bill is within our means and doesn't require that we/he take out loans or that we sacrifice assets intended to help support us in retirement (which for us is just around the corner).
Last edited on Fri Jul 18th, 2008 05:14 pm by ellenrch
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She has written several books on financial planning, and I like how she explains college financing in a straight forward way. More importantly, she encourages families to march to a different drummer and consider a wide range of options, instead of just focusing in on the usual name brand schools. 
