- The AFS Conference will feature speakers, symposia, and several special sessions. Among them, we will introduce a new panel session for PhD students, highlighting how to best navigate the job market.
- With the generous support of our sponsors, the Academy has awarded several best paper awards during past meetings and we anticipate continuing Best Paper awards in 2021.
- We will continue with our Emerging Scholar Award to a current graduate student for promising research work on a paper or poster presented at the conference.
Comprehensive financial planning: Examining the intersection of planning for college funding and health insurance
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 at 1:15 PM–2:15 PM EDT add to calendar
Virtual
Keywords
Financial planning, college planning
Short Description
We investigate the presence and nature of required student health insurance on the published cost of attendance (CoA) for a small sample of universities. The varying nature of these requirements, and how these requirements are portrayed and included in the CoA, can significantly distort the values used by financial planners when helping clients save for college. The results suggest there may be opportunities for greater transparency in CoAs and more in-depth education for students and parents when understanding the costs of higher education.
Lead & Corresponding Author
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/3f025fce7252b63d82dff852c97f2dea.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Steve P. Fraser, Florida Gulf Coast University")
Steve P. Fraser, Florida Gulf Coast University
Job Title
Professor of Finance
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Additional Authors
![[photo]](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/411650a26e1766ce84191d6311b0effd.png?d=https://proposalspace.com/images/no_photo.png&r=PG&s=50 "Brian C. Payne, University of Nebraska at Omaha")
Brian C. Payne, University of Nebraska at Omaha
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