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Senior vice president and publisher of Edvisors, a website offering guidance on scholarships, financial aid and student loans; author of Twisdoms about Paying for College
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Mark Kantrowitz
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FROM Mark Kantrowitz
To the Point
Affordable College: The New American Dream Dental Surgery. Divorce. Decapitation. There are few things that are as painful as paying for college. With average student debt at $30,000 and the cost of college growing by about three to four percent a year, presidential hopefuls and educators are churning out proposals to lower college costs and make borrowing less painful . Some are rethinking college altogether to make it cheaper, shorter and more accessible. There’s also the idea of a three-year degree or making graduates who earn more pay more. But do any of these ideas go far enough to bring college back within reach of middle class families?
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