A game to help students pay the right price for college — from nytimes.com by Ron Lieber
Excerpt:
In the last big economic downturn, back when Tim Ranzetta was in the student loan analysis and consulting business and working with colleges, borrowers often found their way to him, too.
There would be tears. And he would get off the phone with the same frustration each time over how little the people who actually use them know about student loans.
Starting this week, he has a new tool in what has become a yearslong campaign to fill that gap: a free, interactive, web-based game called Payback. In playing, students see running totals of their debt but can also track academic focus, the connections they’re making that could be useful later and their overall happiness — crucial factors in actually finishing college and graduating with a job that can help them repay their debt.
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