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Barry Dahl, senior community manager at Desire2Learn and former VP of technology at

, wonders whether it would make more sense for parents to skip paying for college and instead invest the money into their child's retirement fund.

Children of parents who invested $40,000, he writes, would find upon retirement that they had $700,000 to $4.9 million saved up, depending on the average annual rate of return and some other factors.

You can read his blog post -- with his explanations and caveats -- here.

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Barry Dahl, senior community manager at Desire2Learn and former VP of technology at Lake Superior College, wonders whether it would make more sense for parents to skip paying for college and instead invest the money into their child’s retirement fund. Children of parents who invested $40,000, he writes, would find upon retirement that they had $700,000 

Barry Dahl, senior community manager at Desire2Learn and former VP of technology at Lake Superior College, wonders whether it would make more sense for parents to skip paying for college and instead invest the money into their child’s retirement fund. Children of parents who invested $40,000, he writes, would find upon retirement that they had $700,000 Read more →


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