Prepaid Tuition Plans in a Bad Economy

Eighteen states are running short on cash in their prepaid college tuition program, and only a handful of them guarantee payment back to children whose family have invested in the program. The worst case is Alabama. Here & Now's Robin Young speak with Larry Menefee, a parent and an attorney in Montgomery, who is saving for triplets; and Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of FinAid.org, a tuition finance information site.

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