Everything you need to know to see if this new option is right for you An increasing number of colleges are offering a new way to help pay for college, but it is based on a pretty old idea. You may remember hearing back in 1997 that the musical legend David Bowie wanted to raise money for himself. And the special thing about his capital-raising strategy was that he pledged his future earnings to do it. By this point in his life, David Bowie had been a rock star for somethin