These are new developments. Like the sibling comment mentioned, state funding dried up after the turn of the millennium. In addition, college is much, much mor

These are new developments. Like the sibling comment mentioned, state funding dried up after the turn of the millennium. In addition, college is much, much more expensive as a whole, thus saddling these kids with debt that they foolishly take on because everyone kind of tells them they should go in debt for the prestige and opportunity. Last I read, the average student leaves school with $30,000 in student loans.