<p>Earth science, while in the general science area of which you speak, is not the degree she wants to get. The catalogue has 3 courses pertaining to anything regarding meteorology and are designed to be merely supplementary to the geology and other type courses.</p>
<p>And one would argue that the 3 universities that participate in that reciprocity agreement are not the strongest in that major, compared to many other universities that offer that program that are in the agreement region but choose not to participate, of which Oklahoma is the most obvious, followed by Florida State, NC State, Virginia Tech, Louisville, Texas A&M, UNC Asheville, UNC Charlotte, East Carolina, Western Kentucky, South Alabama. Oklahoma and Florida State participate, but only at the graduate level. Not to be a snob, but Alabama-Huntsville, Jackson State and Louisiana Monroe are the only ones participating.</p>
<p>Once again, it is the reality and we will deal with it. To their credit, A&M and Florida State do have programs to reduce out of state tuition if the student receives one of their academic scholarships. </p>
<p>Sorry if I don’t feel that Arkansas has covered it pretty well. They have done a few things with the reciprocity agreement, it is just unfortunate that some of the more developed programs have chosen to not participate. But I don’t think it is up to each state to provide every program or major that exists. Each state and the colleges it supports have to decide where to put their focus and money, and it didn’t serve our child and situation in this case. Unfortunately Arkansas is not part of the Midwestern reciprocity area, because tons of the Midwestern schools give in state tuition to places like Missouri, Iowa, Kansas, etc.</p>