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When Troy Grant was looking at colleges as a prospective student, he had little idea how much they would actually cost, whether certain degrees would lead to good jobs or other basic information that helps young people make one of the most expensive decisions of their lives.<\/p>\n

The first in his immediate family to go to college, Grant struggled to understand terms such as \u201ccredit hour\u201d and to compare institutions on such things as their graduation rates.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had the will, but we had no idea what we were doing,\u201d he said of himself and his family. \u201cWe were navigating a process that was foreign to us.\u201d<\/p>\n