Some of these folks should consider the trades

80 percent of parents surveyed still want their kids to go to college... even though they don't know how they'll pay.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/despite-financial-concerns-most-parents-still-value-college/36133?cid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en

Here's the survey:

http://online.wsj.com/article/PR-CO-20130815-907699.html

And here are last year's numbers:

http://chronicle.com/blogs/headcount/two-fifths-of-parents-expect-children-to-cover-all-or-most-college-costs/30907

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