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[QUOTE="721Comstock, post: 4699731, member: 5429"]
Great rant!

The biggest problems are that college tuitions & cost of attendance have increased at more than double the nominal inflation rate.  
Inflation long-term rate is in the 2.5-3% range, vs college is north of 7%.

That’s absurd.  And unjustifiable.

A big fix would be to lower &/or cap the interest rates on student debt. 
(Alas, all rates are higher now, but this would’ve been massively beneficial for the prior 15 years)

The other huge problem is, college grads can’t just automatically get good jobs anymore, so now they’re stuck with tens of thousands in student debt, often at high rates, and no way to pay it off.

The people who are the most screwed are those who took out loans, but then never got their degree. 
It’s the worst of all worlds - they are saddled with debt, and don’t have the ‘piece of paper’ that allows access to potentially higher earning jobs.

And then you’ve got the parents, who often also take on big debts to help their kids attend colllege, and now they’ve sacrificed their financial well being and/or a comfortable retirement.
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