Ric Edelman

For most kids, you're right, college remains the best path.

I'm not trying to say no to college and my book is not anti-college.

My premise is this.

If you do it correctly,

College is the greatest choice.

The problem is too many parents are allowing too many children to go about it incorrectly.

They're going to the wrong school.

They're choosing the wrong major.

They're going about it in the wrong way, amassing too much debt, and emerging unprepared for today's workforce.

So the book has a simple premise.

To teach the kid how to graduate in four years, debt-free, on the dean's list,

with a degree ready for them to enter a field they love.

Yes.

Yes, and it shows you how to minimize the cost of college to avoid going to debt, how to choose the right major, how to determine if college is right for your kid right now, and alternatives if not, such as the vocations or a gazillion other options that frankly didn't exist very much when you and I were in college.

So it's basically a simple point of saying to the parent, it's different than it was when we were in school.

And we can't assume that your child's experience will match yours because the environment is different.

It's no doubt some combination.

I'll add another factor, and that's sports.

Kids want to go to a school that has a great sports program.

They always did, but more now?