<p>“Gov. Perry Renews Call for Low-Cost College Education as Student Debt Loads Rise”</p>
<p>[Texas</a> Pushes $10,000 Degree - WSJ.com](<a href=“http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443493304578039040237714224.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1]Texas”>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10000872396390443493304578039040237714224.html?mod=ITP_pageone_1)</p>
<p>Lipstick on a pig. Oink. Oink.</p>
<p>According to the graphic they are already there. The $10K is talking about tuition only.</p>
<p>I think the graphic is for total tuition (plus fees - meaning NOT room and board and books) PER YEAR, not total…right? </p>
<p>TOTAL cost at most state schools in Texas hovers around the $11,000/SEMESTER range. (More at UT)</p>
<p>That will be a degree with negative present value.</p>
<p>I wonder whether the 10K degree programs will offer internships at McDonald’s?</p>
<p>Well, I don’t think I agree with that – if you want to be a teacher or a nurse in West Texas, going to Angelo State would probably set you up just fine.</p>
<p>Hanna, agreed…among many other degree plans. Angelo State is just fine, and if they can make it more affordable, then that’s great too. Not everyone can or SHOULD or WANTS TO go to a top 10 school.</p>
<p>I know that comes as a surprise to some, but it’s just the truth.</p>
<p>… which goes a long way to explain the abysmal level of education in our schools!</p>
<p>UNC Chapel Hill instate tuition and fees = $7,694
Total cost per year for instate students= $22,340</p>
<p>I don’t think many UNC students are doing internships at McDonalds.<a href=“http://admissions.unc.edu/Aid_and_Scholarships/Tuition_and_Fees/default.html[/url]”>http://admissions.unc.edu/Aid_and_Scholarships/Tuition_and_Fees/default.html</a></p>
<p>I don’t think I’ve ever seen Angelo State mentioned in the hallowed halls of cc. My uncle went there.</p>
<p>I don’t know about that, either. I don’t think the problem with our system of education is that not everyone aims for a top college. </p>
<p>Japan is often (rightly) held up as a model of excellent K-12 public education with a strong culture of striving to get into top colleges. College brand names mean even more in Japan than they do in America. But even there, there are lots of kids on a track away from college and not too concerned about it. Especially in smaller cities, there are plenty of kids who don’t want the stress of corporate life and want to go into the family business or whatever instead.</p>
<p>^^^ The proposed cost is 10K total, not 10K per year.</p>
<p>^Yep. But -
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<p>My mom grew up in San Angelo. She couldn’t wait to get out of there.</p>
<p>Austinareadad - yes, correct, that’s the proposed program $10,000 total tuition for 4 years. The graphic in the article showing current costs shows annual tuition and fees.</p>
<p>MaineLonghorn - well if all of those other things remain equal (BIG IF), then that’s still a tremendous savings over the current cost.</p>
<p>@Maine Longhorn, I lived there for six years, I agree with your mother.</p>
<p>Wow, ASU making the national news. I used to live in San Angelo, it’s not a bad school and it’s pretty cheap, especially if you live at home, which most students do. However, it’s not the tuition, it’s the fees that will get you. The actual tuition for 15 credits in 2012-2013 is around 3,000 per semester in state. You have to pay $1200 in fees in addition to the 3,000 for tuition. And don’t forget the $150 for parking. You can’t get around without a car there, public transportation is extremely limited. Room and board is 3700, but it’s probably cheaper to live off campus.</p>
<p>So total tuition for a 4 year degree would be $24,000. So if they make that $10,000 - that’s certainly a big improvement!</p>
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<p>You are right that “that not everyone aims for a top college” is a problem in our system of education. But the same thing cannot be said about the type of student a school such as Angelo State and its faculty sends into our education system. Take a closer look at the program, its faculty, its requirements, etc, and you have all the makings of a vicious circle of mediocrity. Those schools of education attract the bottom of all applicants, offer an level of education at that level, and certify them for employment without any mastery of subjects. </p>
<p>Angelo State is hardly an exception. We have plenty of such colleges in Texas. It just came up in this story.</p>
<p>xiggi - Do you have first hand knowledge of the calibur of teachers or students at this college?</p>
<p>Is it your assertion that everyone should go to a top 20 school? Or your assertion that all educators - even elementary ed. should?</p>
<p>I’m just trying to understand why you would totally disrespect this particular institution and its students (vicious circle of mediocrity) as though nothing of excellence could possibly come from there.</p>