article about student debt in the US

A colleague posted this and I want to be able to find it again.  I don't claim to be anything other than confused and worried about the way education and education funding is going in England and I have no idea whether this gives an accurate picture of the US situation.  But as a parent and a  uni tutor, I'm nervously trying to put it all together and figure out what the hell is going to come next...

Comments welcome but response may take the form of a monkey silently wringing her paws.