The emotional lure of prepaid college

Perhaps no financial decision is as laden with emotion as the start of a college savings fund for a child, embodying, as it does, a family’s most ardent hopes for the future. And plans like the Private College 529 Plan may tug on family heartstrings more than other types of college savings plans, because they are geared toward a specific group of schools that may have nostalgic appeal for parents. (Some states offer prepaid tuition plans for public universities and at least one, Massachusetts, offers a version that includes public and private colleges in the state).

In China, executives flock back to school for unfinished business

Chinese executives are going back to school partly because, unlike their Western counterparts, many did not have the chance to study properly earlier in life.

U of A board decries budget cuts in open letter to Redford

In an open letter to Premier Alison Redford, the University of Alberta board of governors warns the university will be “set back by many years” by the major cuts announced in the March 7 budget.

Jobs: Fix education so we don’t have people without jobs, conference told

The mismatch between training and education in Canada and the jobs that are being created raises calls for a revamp of the education system.