what is the cost of college doing to families

College students and their families are rightly outraged about the bankrupting costs of textbooks that have nearly tripled since the 1980s, mainly because of marginally useful CD-ROMs http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/25/opinion/25fri4.html?em&amp;ex=1209355200&amp;en=5f4e8010bfb77576&amp;ei=5087%0A 35 comments 26/4/2008 politics

Princeton University To Cover All College Costs For Students From Families Making Up To $100k https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/09/08/princeton-university-to-cover-all-college-costs-for-students-from-families-making-up-to-100k/ 90 comments 8/9/2022 upliftingnews

As Colleges Move Classes Online, Families Rebel Against the Cost: Schools face rising demands for tuition rebates, increased aid and leaves of absence as students ask if college is becoming “glorified Skype.” https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/15/us/covid-college-tuition.html 39 comments 17/8/2020 technology

High childcare costs are a driver of US inequality – When childcare costs are high, mothers without college degrees reduce their participation in the workforce whereas college-educated mothers do not. This exacerbates family income gaps. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/00031224241297247 46 comments 23/11/2024 science

College costs climb, yet again: ..the net cost of college is eating up a higher share of the typical family’s income in 2011; with a dramatic spike in tuition and fees at hundreds of public universities. Tuition at the average public university jumped 8.3% to $8,244 http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/26/pf/college/college_tuition_cost/ 168 comments 26/10/2011 politics

Bun B becomes the latest rapper to endorse Bernie Sanders for president. Echoing a sentiment that Sanders has voiced on the campaign trail, Bun B said that for many children from poorer families, going to college seems like a “pipe dream” because of the cost. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2015/12/10/bun-b-becomes-the-latest-rapper-to-endorse-bernie-sanders-for-president/ 42 comments 10/12/2015 politics

Who's Profiting From $1.2 Trillion of Federal Student Loans? “There is a large student-loan industrial complex. Rising costs of college and flat family incomes have created enormous business opportunity for every step of the loan process. http://www.front-pages.com/?p=107 3 comments 12/12/2015 worldnews

Is a College Degree Worthless? “The four-year college degree has come to cost too much and prove too little. It's now a bad deal for the average student, family, employer, professor and taxpayer.” http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/collegeandfamily/cutcollegecosts/is-a-college-degree-worthless.aspx 111 comments 30/6/2009 business

Student Loan Borrowers' Costs To Jump As Education Department Reaps Huge Profit: The U.S. Department of Education is forecast to generate $127 billion in profit over the next decade from lending to college students and their families, according to the Congressional Budget Office. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/14/student-loan-profits_n_5149653.html?&ncid=tweetlnkushpmg00000016 15 comments 15/4/2014 politics