So you’ve just made an addition to your family? Congratulations! Have you started that college savings fund yet? Increasingly, economists say, workplace success demands a lot of education beyond high school, and not just for doctors, lawyers or engineers. Even skilled trade jobs can require four years of technical education, or more.
That costs money. The College Board estimates the average cost of a state university at just under $20,000 a year for in-state students, and maybe twice that for a private college. And the cost is rising faster than inflation: up 80 percent in the last decade, according to Education
