Bob Hildreth, Author at CommonWealth Magazine

Bob Hildreth

Founder, Hildreth Institute

Stories by Bob Hildreth

Don’t fixate on the state’s elite private schools

Focus on the state schools that educate most Mass. students

College dorms are becoming financial albatrosses

Students getting used to online learning during COVID

Despite COVID, families prioritizing college savings

Encouraging to see focus on long term goals

Making college more affordable sounds good…

But beware of disruptive unintended consequences

Real problem isn’t sudden college closures, but student debt

We need to replace loans with more grants

Legislature should look to private donations to fund UMass

Avoid tuition hikes, which burden families for decades to come

The college bubble is starting to burst

Dependency on student loans is the cause of the problem

Why I’m giving $50 to every new child born in Massachusetts

College savings plans deliver lots of dividends

The dawn of a new era in savings

New approach can help fight poverty and get young people through college

Scholarships that keep students in the high school race

Dangle aid money sooner