I wanted to link this article from Yahoo, not for the article, because it doesn't really have anything relevant to mention aside from some shocking statistics in the first few paragraphs, but the conversation in the comments section is engaging.
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/college-students-striken-by-poverty-and-homelessness-fight-rising-college-tuition-costs-172400767.html
There are a lot of student run protests against tuition hikes going on around the country. Very few observers are asking the question that if students can't afford college, why are they going?