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Re:Higher education bubble poised to burst by protomyth on Sunday September 05, 2010 @03:57PM (#1665051)
Your right about high school and that is probably where we really need the revolution. High School has become the babysitters for a group of Americans that are neither children or adults. We treat them as whichever one is convenient (prosecute as adults, rights as children). I really believe it does no good to "fix" college if the input is broken.

It is a shame the area is locked from most innovation due to lack of funding for anybody but the rich. It would be interesting to try so real alternatives to the current High School system.

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Re:Higher education bubble poised to burst by orangecat on Sunday September 05, 2010 @06:27PM (#1665320)
It is a shame the area is locked from most innovation due to lack of funding for anybody but the rich. It would be interesting to try so real alternatives to the current High School system.

I certainly agree with the second sentence, but lack of funding is generally not the problem: http://www.reuters.com/article/idUSN2438214220070524

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Re:Higher education bubble poised to burst by protomyth on Monday September 06, 2010 @12:55PM (#1666979)
Under most circumstances, private companies cannot get paid that money. If vouchers were universal then that $8k per student would have a pretty good business case.
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