{"id":554,"date":"2003-12-09T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2003-12-09T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.emu.edu\/blog\/news\/?p=554"},"modified":"2003-12-09T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2003-12-09T05:00:00","slug":"innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Innovative&#8217; Tuition Savings Plan Cited"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"143\" alt=\"Business Week\" src=\"\/news\/images\/newsweek-1203.gif\" width=\"111\" align=\"left\"\/>Eastern Mennonite University is among a group of schools cited in the December 15, 2003 issue of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/toc\/03_50\/B3862magazine.htm\" target=\"_blank\">BusinessWeek<\/a> for launching one of the &#8220;Best Products of 2003&#8221; &#8211; the Independent 529 Plan.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">The program is the brainchild of a nationwide organization of colleges and universities which designed the financial product and worked to win approval from both Congress and the IRS to get it up and running.<\/font><\/p>\n<p><font face=\"Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif\" size=\"-1\">Independent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent529plan.org\" target=\"_blank\">529 Plan<\/a> is a tax-advantaged effort aimed at helping families save for tuition at over 200 participating private colleges. &#8220;It has the advantages of state 529 plans,&#8221; notes Douglas M. Brown, CEO of Independent 529 Plan, &#8220;and in addition can essentially roll back the clock on the cost of future tuition.&#8221; The group has hired TIAA-CREF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University is among a group of schools cited in the December 15, 2003 issue of BusinessWeek for launching one of the &#8220;Best Products of 2003&#8221; &#8211; the Independent <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about &#8216;Innovative&#8217; Tuition Savings Plan Cited<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[5982,6334],"feature":[],"class_list":["post-554","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-independent-529-plan","tag-tuition"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>&#039;Innovative&#039; Tuition Savings Plan Cited - EMU News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"&#039;Innovative&#039; Tuition Savings Plan Cited - EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eastern Mennonite University is among a group of schools cited in the December 15, 2003 issue of BusinessWeek for launching one of the &#8220;Best Products of 2003&#8221; &#8211; the Independent\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"EMU News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2003-12-09T05:00:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/news\/images\/newsweek-1203.gif\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@EMU_News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/\",\"name\":\"'Innovative' Tuition Savings Plan Cited - EMU News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2003-12-09T05:00:00+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"&#8216;Innovative&#8217; Tuition Savings Plan Cited\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/\",\"name\":\"EMU News\",\"description\":\"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/\"]}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"'Innovative' Tuition Savings Plan Cited - EMU News","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"'Innovative' Tuition Savings Plan Cited - EMU News","og_description":"Eastern Mennonite University is among a group of schools cited in the December 15, 2003 issue of BusinessWeek for launching one of the &#8220;Best Products of 2003&#8221; &#8211; the Independent","og_url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/","og_site_name":"EMU News","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EasternMennonite","article_published_time":"2003-12-09T05:00:00+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/news\/images\/newsweek-1203.gif","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@EMU_News","twitter_site":"@EMU_News","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/","name":"'Innovative' Tuition Savings Plan Cited - EMU News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website"},"datePublished":"2003-12-09T05:00:00+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2003\/innovative-tuition-savings-plan-cited\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"&#8216;Innovative&#8217; Tuition Savings Plan Cited"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/","name":"EMU News","description":"News from the Eastern Mennonite University community.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d6737034219398924e6bd5dedcfa1245","name":"admin","sameAs":["http:\/\/"]}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/554\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=554"},{"taxonomy":"feature","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature?post=554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}