Angel Martinez seems to be fed up with the lack of payment options for higher education in her blog post Education is Costing Me My Dreams, and for good reason.

Our country is admittedly far behind in the tuition game when we look at how many other countries cover tuition and fees for its students.  This table of European countries that cover tuition and fees for both EU and exchange students is almost depressing from the perspective of an American college student.  It is a widely accepted fact that a well educated population has many social and economic benefits.  The biggest argument against free college is a shortsighted one of "where would the money come from?"  A question which could be answered with a so-called "Robin Hood" tax causing relatively little burden for the far reaching benefits.

The government as a whole does provide some student assistance through Federal Student Aid programs and even through tax breaks for employers providing tuition reimbursement, but this is just a drop in the bucket of what could be done in my opinion.