Like $10,000 Degree, Perry Tuition Plan May Not Fit All
Ashton Curlee, the ambitious daughter of two teachers, received official notification of her acceptance to the new Texas Science Scholar Program at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin on the first day of college.
“It’s a really awesome program,” said Curlee, a native of Monahans. “There’s a lot of good stuff that comes along with it.”
Savings top that list. If Curlee stays on track, maintaining a 3.0 grade point average and completing 30 hours of course work each school year, she will graduate with a bachelor’s degree in chemistry in 2016. Instead of ...
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James Allison via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Amen....
Mike Moeller via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Before anyone should discuss revenue and tuition, the state need to seriously reform and reduce the curriculum at Texas Universities. Thanks to the increase in the amount of courses that are required to graduate, it takes a student 5-6 years to get an Undergraduate degree. Second, why do public funds continue to pay for football and sports. Frankly, I wish the state would suspend the football programs or at least severely cut back until the financial situation changes. Schools and universities are about educating students, not play time.
Mary Muna via Texas Tribune on Facebook
Our kids have dreams too!
caleb belac
A $10,000 degree in organizational leadership? Has anybody bothered to ask if that's a viable degree in industry? What companies are wringing their hands saying, "gosh, we need more degreed folks in organizational leadership?" Seriously? Competency based? Are Texas university professors prepared to provide 90 hours of competency testing? This all sounds good on paper, but seems like a bait and switch.
The numbers don't add up to $10,000...especially with the Texas A&M Commerce model.
V Marshall
Sure why not add to the income disparity by creating more degree programs that are essentially worthless. Why does everyone in public service not understand that eventually there is a level playing field where everyone is competing for the same jobs. Who are you going to hire, the graduate with a 3.2 from a known rigorous program or the one with the 3.8 from the program known for its focus on whatever it takes to minimize costs? It is unfair to pretend to students that all college degrees are valued equally.
Want lower cost post-secondary education? Quit robbing it to fund K-12.
Rudy Gonzales
Lowering the standards of Texas children and students will not improve under the guidance of the education and social program reductions of school budgets. College enrollments are dropping due to the high cost of an education which cannot promise good paying jobs. Texas cannot compete with the world with poor standards and buildings implemented by the TEA-Republican's in Austin. This points to the fallacies of Rick Perry's comments in the gubernatorial race. Texas has been consistently losing credibility in schooling with the actions of the TEA-Republican controlled legislature and Governorship. The steady down fall is disturbing, and must be corrected through ousting the current career politician's in Austin including Perry, Abbott and Dewhurst. The Texas legislature has effectively killed primary and secondary schooling with their flagrant abuses of the federal monies taken out of schools as outlined in the Houston Chronicle.