1.   The investment was pitched to parents as a safe way to deal with rising college costs.

2.   That includes everything from music lessons and dental bills to car repairs and college costs.

3.   And in these days of out-of-sight college costs, many teen-agers are not just working for pizza and book money but for tuition, too.

4.   And they earn income to help with college costs.

5.   And the escalation of college costs in the last two decades has been unprecedented.

6.   Are we taking a good approach to college costs and retirement?

7.   Boston University has also become more competitive, even in the face of rising college costs.

8.   A new survey shows most Americans think college costs more than it does.

9.   But as college costs have soared and federal aid to colleges has fallen, the ability to meet historic aid commitments has declined.

10.   But as time passed, the university suffered as the number of high school graduates declined and college costs rose steadily.