“Phillip Levine is breaking down a barrier: the well-founded fear among low-income and even middle-class families that an elite liberal arts college is out of the question.”
Levine, a professor at Welleseley College, “designed a calculator to estimate how much an individual applicant will actually pay, after plugging in his or her family’s unique financial data, such as income, house value, mortgage amount, etc. – and the calculator is way easier than filling out a FAFSA form.” Check out the details at the Squared Away blog: http://squaredawayblog.bc.edu/squared-away/college-calculator-bridges-class-divide/
Source: Financial Planning for Women