Study Examines Parents' Aid Expectations.

The article reports on the result of the survey of parents of college-bound freshmen conducted for the Academic Management Services Corp. The result revealed that nearly 60 percent of all families began researching the best way to pay for the tuition of their child is only after the child has entered high school. It also found out that more parents consider the ranking of the school location as the top priority when their children apply for college. Close to 40 percent of all respondents anticipated that from 41 to 100 percent of the college tuition bills of their children will be covered by scholarship grants.