Companies have left the student-loan business at a rapid pace.

Time to dig even deeper into your parents’ wallets, Wildcats: Tuition’s up again.
According to an e-mail sent to the student body, tuition is increasing by 4.8 percent, with financial aid increasing by 11 percent. So things should even out, right?
For the same amount of money, you could buy:
Chipotle steak burritos: 388
Movie tickets: 260
El fares: [...]

And, hey, just because our parents are paying don’t make it cheap.

More-generous aid would attract students turned away by NU’s high tuition.