A Game to Help Students Pay the Right Price for College

Starting this week, he has a new tool in what has become a yearslong campaign to fill a gap: a free, interactive, web-based game called Payback. In playing, students see running totals of their debt but can also track academic focus, the connections they’re making that could be useful later and their overall happiness — crucial factors in actually finishing college and graduating with a job that can help them repay their debt.

By RON LIEBER