Let me make the case that you shouldn't save one penny for your kid's college tuition. Don't even open a 529 college savings account. Unless you've got $10,000 or some eye-popping figure to toss into that bucket every year (if you do, you can probably also do what I'm about to say), Don't. Even. Bother.

The best thing we can do as a community is to encourage our loved ones to start savings as early as possible in order to make the most of savings and to make college education a reality, not a dream.

If you haven't accomplished the earlier savings priorities, such as setting aside a rainy day fund or funding your retirement account, then stop beating yourself up over your lack of college savings. You're not there, yet.

Debt. We all have it. And we all dream of a day when interest rates and fees are far from us. But what if your debt was so high and so overwhelming that there was no end in sight? Well, unfortunately, that is exactly where student loan debt is heading.

Is it students pinching pennies and eating more ramen, moving home after college and postponing marriage? Or should parents keep shortchanging their own retirement to give their kids a leg up? Neither.

Student loans are not going away, despite calls by Occupy protesters to have the federal government finance public colleges entirely and write off all student debt. So rather than debate the impossible, we should instead discuss better ways of financing a college degree.

Being unprepared for class is one of the most common nightmares, however, an inability to pay the tuition bill can be even more frightening. If you're cramming to prepare to cover the cost of college, here are five tips.

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