By Angie Burkhart |Staff Writer| Today, college students face more challenges than those of previous generations due to tuition increases, yet some continue to remain optimistic about their futures. According to reporter Niraj Chokshi of The Washington Post, “the West saw tuition and fees for four-year public school education rise by 86 percent over the past decade-more than in any other region.” The continuous increases in college tuition and fees over the years is not only alarming, but has had a domino effect, causing the percent of working students to increase along with it. “A new U.S. Census Report determined that 71 percent of the nation’s 19.7 million college … [Read more...] about Students should remain optimistic