Higher education debt is worth it, but isn't risk free

By Beth Akers. Over the last 20 years, published tuition and fees have more than doubled at four-year public institutions, and have increased by more than 50 percent at private four-year and public two-year colleges. This rate of increase has not been seen in any other sector of the economy. Some of this is mitigated by the fact that schools have increased grant aid at the same time, but there is no question that the cost of college is trending steadily upward (even after accounting for inflation). More...