Parent Column: Control student debt before it controls you
(09/15/16 1:33pm)
Most students at USC and universities around the country are finding rising college costs to be a formidable challenge. College costs have increased at a rate higher than inflation for the past two decades. While the reasons for this rapid cost increase can be argued from many viewpoints, I feel that the push to provide every high school student the college experience (regardless of need, desire or aptitude) has created a level of demand for higher education where students and their parents are willing to pay whatever is necessary to gain a seat at that table.