>As a father of a baby I wonder what higher education is going to be in 20 years time. >I see a fairly long, gradual decline in prestige and effectiveness of un

>As a father of a baby I wonder what higher education is going to be in 20 years time. >I see a fairly long, gradual decline in prestige and effectiveness of universities - at least in the English speaking world - going back a couple of decades at this point. I see a long and continuing decline of all of society in most English-speaking countries right now. I think in 50 years, English may still be the universal language of business and international commerce, but the Anglophone countries are going to be very different from now, probably collapsed and/or broken apart, and definitely not leading the world. They're certainly not a place I'd ever want to raise a child, especially America.