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En Route: 401(k) Fee Disclosures

On August 30, the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration participant fee disclosure rule, dubbed ERISA 404(a)(5), will go into effect.

Parents on Track to Cover Only 16% of College Tuition

As a result, they are increasingly resorting to additional revenue sources, such as having the child work part-time, assume student loans, live at home and commute or attend a public university.

New York 529 Selects J.P. Morgan as Investment Manager

The contract for the $1.9 billion portfolio is for seven years.

Fidelity Study: 2011 Graduates Carrying An Average $40,000 of Debt

Still, a majority of class of 2011 respondents, 66%, who are graduating with debt say the value of college is equal to or worth more than the debt accumulated.

529 Plan Assets Up 56% in Past Two Years

This beats industry estimates by 30%, FRC says.

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