BOULDER, Colo. — ONCE upon a time in America, baby boomers paid for college with the money they made from their summer jobs. Then, over the course of the next few decades, public funding for higher education was slashed. read more
College is expensive. A quick glance at the sticker price of tuition can scare even the most motivated of students. With average in-state tuition at a 4-year public colleges and universities for 2012-2013 costing $8,655 and out-of-state tuition at those same institutions averaging $21,706 1 – it can come as a shock. read more