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I get the gist of what you're saying. Not sure about the discussion you've anticipated however.

Entrepreneurship and vocational training may very well rise somewhat in step with tuition costs. I'm more interested in what the middle class will do as college gets out of reach for many.

The 1% can fund a small business for their children, perhaps in lieu of tuition. I won't be surprised to others putting whatever support they can offer behind a young person's effort to create something for themselves independent of a college degree.

I wonder about liberal arts. I have already noticed that my liberal arts college (Sarah Lawrence) has moved towards social entrepreneurship, providing a context for learning while encouraging innovation. Not necessarily the middle class there, but I feel like I've caught a glimpse of the future.
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+1. In a very short period of time, a liberal arts degree has become a very expensive luxury (and I say that as an English major and almost-art history minor). I think if one has the means, launching your child with seed money for a well-thought out product and well-planned startup would be great. Would that we could all do it.

I too will be interested to see what happens over the next decade in terms of vocational training. There was even a joke about it on Modern Family recently - something the mom said to the airhead son about how vocational training is just as valid as the genius kid's acceptance into Caltech. It was just an aside, and meant as a joke, but I think there's more than a grain of truth in there. Not everyone needs a B.A. [/quote]

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