What Every Financial Professional Should Know about College Funding and Financial Aid
Speaker Bio:
Paula holds a Finance Degree from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from the University of California at Berkeley. She is a member of the Washington Society of CPAs, and the National Society of Tax Professionals. Paula is on the board of the National College Advocacy Group (NCAG) whose mission is to respond to the challenges facing college bound students and their families. Paula has been quoted in The Wall Street Journal, Money Magazine, the New York Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Learning Objectives
Ms. Bishop will address college cost questions received by CPAs and Financial Professionals from their clients such as: How can we afford private colleges? How does the financial aid system work? Do we qualify for financial aid and for how much? How is aid determined? How do 529 plans and the GET program work? How can we fill out the forms to obtain the most financial aid that we qualify for?
