A question worth asking... how much responsibility of student loan debt falls on the parents of the students themselves?
I went to College from 97-01. Went to UIC. Total cost of tuition was $15k a year including room and board. No scholarships or grants for me. I was lucky to have parents who scrimped and saved for 18 years to allow this happen. But there's a trade off in that. We didn't have cable tv growing up, didnt go on expensive vacations to Disney World, or other places, they didn't buy expensive cars, jewelry, furniture. I never had the newest Nikes or Jordans. IOU Sweatshirts or Z Cavaricci pants. (remember those) We were lower middle class. My dad never made more than $35,000 a year. Mom worked part time. I hated every minute of it, and didn't understand why my friends had these things and I didnt... until I graduated from College with $0 in debt while my friends had $50,000+.