A $10,000 College Degree?
College is extraordinarily expensive. Students search hard for scholarships and take copious amounts of time applying for financial aid. So, wouldn’t it be a dream come true for students to get a degree that wouldn’t leave them in dept for the rest of their lives?
The Texas Tribune writes that Governor Rick Perry wants his state’s college and universities to offer a $10,000 bachelor’s degree:
Perry also wants lawmakers to consider outcome-based financial support for those schools, basing a substantial portion of their funding on the number of degrees they issue with particular attention to degrees for at-risk students and for those in critical or essential areas of study.

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