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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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