Agree with the article. The costs have gone up relative to available funds. As to “aid” for school- how much of that is loans (post # 3)? I saw a tenfold tuition increase with each successive generation for my mom, me and my son at UW-Madison. I had saved an article decades ago that stated the first two and looked at it when son was of the age. We were lucky- I had enough scholarship and work money to make it through my undergrad degree debt free and translated my hard work plus H’s to pay for son. He recently commented to my H how he was lucky to get the “family scholarship” as he sees so many with so much debt. There has been an increase in family income status among the flagship’s students, a difference from my day. btw- my mom flunked out despite being tops in her HS- didn’t study and girls were discouraged from the STEM classes that would have interested her- so only 2 gens of grads.