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HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE NOISES? Reader Peter Galamaga writes: I?m a high school teacher and ?

By Glenn Reynolds

HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE NOISES? Reader Peter Galamaga writes:

I’m a high school teacher and a parent and your post today re: higher ed really resonates with me.

Just two days ago my principal and I were talking about a HUGE paradigm shift we’re seeing not only in our students, but in ourselves as parents.

Just having “go to a good college” as a goal isn’t cutting it anymore. Except for the very wealthy, folks just don’t have the money and spending 100K+ for a four-year “experience” isn’t going to cut it.

A lot of students/parents are now looking at getting core classes done at the relatively inexpensive local college and then transferring to a school where one can do the remaining work towards a very specific goal.

I think the days of spending the equivalent of a mortgage on one of the many two-word degrees (the second word is usually “Studies”) are coming to a close.

That’s likely.

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on August 05, 2010 (boomark / email).