Francesca Maglione

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Francesca Maglione |Ann Choi |Paulina Cachero

A student arrives for a commencement ceremony in 2022. (Bloomberg) -- Many families grappling with the rising cost of college are turning to state universities in search of cost savings. But public schools are not always cheaper. A Bloomberg News analysis of 15 state schools and 50 selective colleges found that families making $75,000 to $150,000 often pay less at private colleges, which are able to offset higher tuition costs with more generous financial aid.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Francesca Maglione

The campus of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. (Bloomberg) -- Duke University is offering buyouts to employees, reducing capital spending and freezing hiring as it grapples with federal funding cuts from the Trump administration. As part of a “strategic realignment and cost reduction program,” the school is trying to save $350 million, or roughly 10% of its total expense base, according to the Duke Chronicle, the university’s student newspaper.

2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | Ann Choi |Francesca Maglione |Paulina Cachero |Raeedah Wahid

Connecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldConnecting decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas, Bloomberg quickly and accurately delivers business and financial information, news and insight around the worldAmerica’s middle class is getting squeezed by the soaring cost of attending elite colleges.

3 weeks ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Francesca Maglione

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3 weeks ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Francesca Maglione

Trade-war driven stock market volatility and recession fears are making it even harder for US parents to pay for college. As high school seniors ponder their final decisions on where to attend, anxious parents, some of whom have been saving for nearly two decades, are watching their 529 plans slide and grappling with concerns that the US economy will take a major hit from President Donald Trump’s trade war.