Boston Herald talks about college affordability

The Boston Herald has a great article up about some of the things congress has been working on to try and make college more affordable.

WASHINGTON - Thirteen thousand dollars.

That’s the average cost of a year of college for in-state students. Make it more than $32,000 for those attending private schools.

But thanks to complicated financial aid formulas, what undergraduates really pay for their degree is a much more complex equation. Now Congress is trying to take the mystery out of the forever-rising costs of higher education by mandating that colleges provide students and their parents more information about how much the average student pays for school, what kind of tuition help they might be able to secure and which universities offer the best bang for the buck. Congress is also calling for an annual “blacklist” of schools with the steepest cost increases.

You can read the complete article here.