http://www.arktimes.com/ArkansasBlog/archives/2012/12/04/lottery-scholarship-program-remains-troubled Comments On: Scholarship program remains troubled by Cheree Franco en-us Copyright 2013 Arkansas Times. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, Arkansas Times readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact Arkansas Times. robert@arktimes.com (Arkansas Times Webmaster) Thu, 23 May 2013 00:00:01 -0500 Thu, 23 May 2013 23:30:00 -0500 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss
Maybe we need to look at working to reduce the cost of attendance at the 2-year junior college to allow the students to get a taste of college at a lower amount while seeing if they have the aptitude and attitude for the rigor of college. Then work to make scholarshiops available for those who do well to continue their education in any of the 4-year colleges around the state. Those who show that they don't have the capability for further work could be steered into vocational tracks which can provide a career that will support a person (non-Mickey D's career). They could also train the person, where needed, for local job opportunities.
Posted by couldn't be better]]> Tue, 04 Dec 2012 16:10:34 -0600 Arkansas Times
Tuition increases have zilch to do with the lotto. The average tuition at a four-year U.S. public university climbed 15% from 2008 through 2010. There were even increases of 40% at some schools in Arizona, California, Ohio, and Georgia.

The tuition increases were (and are) fueled by severe state budget cuts for higher education. Penn State is a good example of this. During the 2010-11 school year, it had the nation’s highest in-state tuition for a four-year public university — $15,250. This was due primarily to a 19.6% cut in state funding last year, coupled with more than a decade of weak state support.

Same thing has been happening in Arkansas for years. Thanks to pitifully-low state funding of higher ed, the state’s schools are increasingly reliant on students and their families to fund the increased costs. You can bet those students and their families are thanking their lucky stars for the lotto.
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