Families clueless about what colleges they can afford

Becky Supiano of the Chronicle of Higher Education describes how unrealistic many students and families still are about college costs:

... They still did not have a sense of what their education might cost in the long run: Nearly 40 percent said they had “no idea” what their likely monthly payment on student loans would be after graduation.

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