Student debt
The prospect of carrying for decades a load of student debt hardly encourages advanced learning. On Oct. 26, President Barack Obama took a well-advised step in issuing the "Pay As You Earn" executive order. There are many reasons postsecondary enrollment has increased 22 percent nationwide the past five years. In its recent "Trends in College Pricing" report, the College Board illustrated one of them, noting: "In 2010, the $99,716 median family income for families headed by a four-year college graduate was more than twice the median income for families headed by a high school graduate."
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