SPECTRUM NEWS VIDEO: This week as millions of students begin their college journey, In Focus explores how the cost of higher education is controlled. According to the Center for American Progress, college debt is on the rise and one in three people in the U.S. between the ages of 25 and 34 owe on a student loan. When you add it all up that's $1.5 trillion in federal student loan debt, plus another $120 billion in private loans not backed by the government. And, if you've been paying attention to the early presidential primary cycle, several candidates have competing proposals for how to address the crisis. The Excelsior Program just one way legislation is hoping to make a college education more affordable to families here in New York. Assemblywoman Mary Beth Walsh and Sarah Killeen, a recent graduatate and Excelsior Scholarship recipient, joins In Focus.