A great way to make getting a college something of value would be to not make other countries co dependent on America.  No longer send other countries large amounts of money, instead, pay early retirement, in large sums, to vacate positions for graduates.  This will put our tax dollars to good use and make it worth getting a good college education.....  Also, we need to make trade schools more important.  We need a lot of trades that are slowly being lost due to lack of people going into this valuable field.....