By Emily Lambert | Content provided by Forbes.com

If you're hyper-focused on your area of the world (be that MF Global fallout or Dungeons & Dragons) but are or have a high-school kid, it's time to take a short but important break. High school juniors, seniors and their parents will head out to college campuses soon to participate that annual rite, the school tour.

It's asking a lot to give these visits the focus and attention they deserve, but tuition is skyrocketing, and college debt levels are unsustainable. Too many students and their parents are about to pay top dollar for schools and graduation certificates that won't pay off for them in the long run, says Richard DeMillo, who directs the Center for 21st Century Universities at Georgia Tech, also the former chief technology officer of Hewlett-Packard and author of the book "Abelard to Apple: The Fate of American Colleges and Universities."

WALKER COUNTY, AL (WBRC)-

Two teenagers have been arrested and charged with burning down a 56-year-old church building in Walker County. The county's district attorney called the arson a "stupid" crime.

Patton Hill Baptist Church, located near Oakman, was destroyed in the Dec. 20 blaze. Brady Kilpatrick, 18, has been charged with second-degree arson and third-degree burglary. Those same charges have also been filed against the other suspect, a 17-year-old juvenile. The Walker County District Attorney says he is working to get the 17-year-old tried as an adult.

Authorities say vandalism was a motive in the crime and they believe drug use was also a factor in the arson.

The fire was reported around 7 a.m. Dec. 20 by a young church member who passed the church on his way to school.

The church congregation already has plans to rebuild in the works. They have a building fund set up at the Pinnacle Bank in Jasper for anyone who would like to donate.