<p>To repeat once again an old tired theme: college is only unaffordable if you choose to make it so. If mom and dad are willing to foot the home-based room and board, most students can earn enough to put themselves through a CC and then get a bachelor’s at a public U. Millions of people have done so and gone on to have lives that are much more rewarding than the average HS grad’s, economically and otherwise. It may take more than four years; and it may mean missing out on “the college experience.” But the college experience is a luxury, and of very little value in the long-term scheme of things.</p>