With students drowning in debt, CT examines the role of technology in the overall cost of a college education--and its potential for reversing a pricing model that is unsustainable. Illustration by James Steinberg The news these days is filled with headlines lamenting the high cost of college. Tuition and board at top schools now exceed $50,000 per year. Upon graduation, the average student is $25,250 in the red, according to a report from the Project on Student Debt, while the total of the nation's college debt now exceeds $1 trillion. So what exactly is the role of ...