Students Need Help! What Can Colleges and the Government Do?

In these times of economic hardship, it seems there isn't a single person left unaffected by these hard times. While we're all focused on paying rent or mortgages, adjusting our lifestyles to lower energy bills, and finding new means of transportation to avoid soaring gas prices; college students are seeking new ways to come up with tuition money. Not only are the necessities of living becoming too expensive to afford, so too is tuition money. To make matters worse, not only has tuition gone up, but student loans are harder than ever to obtain. Even with creditworthy co-signers, students are struggling to get the financing they need to start or finish their education.

Since a college education is so essential in today's day and age, it seems that the government and colleges should be working to make sure education remains affordable and attainable. Not only that, but colleges should be offering students incentives, benefits, aid, and specials on classes in order to both increase attendance, and make it easier for students to attend and survive in today's competitive world.