I was wrong in a recent Down East post when I said Maine placed the sixth largest financial burden on our college students of any state in the nation.

In this week's column, I write about how we're actually worse and some ideas about how to address the problem, which may be key to solving Maine's demographic crisis and to our economic growth.

As if to prove my point, the Kenebec Journal and Morning Sentinel have an apropos article this morning on the difficulties facing student borrowers in Maine.