AlterNet: $1 Trillion in Loans? How Student Debt Is Killing the Economy and Punishing an Entire Generation

Excellent treatment of the ever-growing student loan crisis in America.  Sadly, the stories of student loan hell contained within aren't, by any stretch of the imagination, unique or uncommon.  On the contrary - it's the new normal - and it's unsustainable.  The bubble will pop.  We can either be proactive about it or reactive - which would you prefer?