The rising cost of higher education in the United States is well documented and is frequently the topic of discussion. The increase has been staggering, as the average tuition and fee prices at public four-year institutions have risen by over three hundred percent since the 1988-89 academic year.1 Another issue closely associated with the rising…
Tag: Consumer Protection
Equifax and the Unsustainable Status Quo
On Thursday, September 7, 2017, the credit reporting giant Equifax Inc. revealed that “highly sensitive personal and financial information for around 143 million U.S. consumers was compromised in an [ongoing] cybersecurity breach” that started as early as mid-May of 2017.1 According to Equifax, criminals were able to access, among other things, “the social security numbers,…