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Like other's have mentioned, this is largely for software development. There is still a ton of social signaling that a degree imparts to its owner for it to disappear from the American landscape any time soon.

That said, anyone can see that the current secondary education environment in the U.S. will change dramatically over the next 20 years. Sky-rocketing tuition, few job prospects, changing business landscape; all of which means something is going to happen. And somebody is going to make a lot of money capitalizing on it.



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