> There's no way kids could pay for the type of education mine are getting. When Solomon started college in 2000, his tuition plus room and board ran about $35,000 a year. For Nathaniel now, it's over $40,000. Expecting a kid to pay that is ridiculous.

I forgot that US tution is unaffordable for a student. Canadian tuitions are rising, but still are affordable. Though I took out loans for the first 2 years, when I started with the computing CO-OP program I was able to pay my own way.

With grad school, you can pay your way through by working for professors on projects and also working for the university as a teaching assist.