Introduction -- Brown proposes more higher ed funding, but phasing out middle class scholarships / Larry Gordon -- Should university education be free / Tejvan Pettinger -- To Fee or Not to Fee? (And Related Questions) / Charles M. Gray, Sharon M. Oster and Charles Weinberg -- Student loans and college quality: Effects on borrowers and the economy / Sandra Black, Amy Filipek, Jason Furman, Laura Giuliano, and Ayushi Narayan -- The Student Debt Crisis / Anne Johnson, Tobin Van Ostern, and Abraham White -- Is The Student Loan Crisis Fact Or Fiction? / Claudio Sanchez -- US: Investigation exposes extensive corruption in student loan dealings / Naomi Spencer -- University fees in historical perspective / Robert Anderson -- How the U.S. Government Could End the Student Debt Crisis Today / Rael Carrillo -- Who Has a Stake in Obama's Free Community-College Plan? / Eric Kelderman and Scott Carlson -- Why Free College Tuition is a Bad Idea / Bob Luebke -- Degrees of value: Evaluating the return on the college investment / A. Gillen, J. Slingo, and M. Zatynski -- Student loans for people with disabilities are a good investment, but many still fall through the cracks unnecessarily / Sarah Trick -- Appendix -- What You Should Know About Student Loans -- What You Should Do About Student Loans -- Organizations to Contact -- Bibliography -- Index. Picture Credits.