Good and Bad News on How Much You're Paying for College  College
these days is expensive as hell. ($57K for "Pitzer?" Is that
even accredited?) Everyone is drowning in student debt. But!
There is good news on the college cost front. Also, there is bad
news.  The good news: the latest figures show that hardworking
American families are borrowing less money to pay for college.
From the Wall Street Journal:   Fabulous! Great thinking! Taking
on less debt, achieving education. What's wrong with that?
These families paid 42% of college costs by using income or
savings from the parents and/or student, vs. 38% the year before
and 40% in 2011-12, according to the Sallie Mae study  Ah. So,
families are borrowing less money for college but paying more
money out of pocket for college. In that case, what the fuck is
the difference? Shit, at least if you borrow the money you can
always create a new identity for yourself and flee the country
and build a new life in Venezuela. Cash out of pocket is gone
forever.  College i