Why the news on high college costs is starting to get (a little) better

For anyone who’s below wealthy, it’s a real struggle, because these numbers are huge, and obviously these debt loads are causing a lot of anxiety for parents and students,” says Iris Palmer, a senior policy analyst at the New America Foundation. “But this is such an anxiety-producing issue for the American electorate, I’m hopeful that politicians will see this as a winner for them and reinvest and bring down tuition.”