College Presidents Say $10,000 Degrees Available N

Pressing-On · #1 03-07-2012, 09:08 AM

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College Presidents Say $10,000 Degrees Available Now

Speaking today on a SXSWEdu panel in Austin, officials from a few Texas community colleges and universities said that $10,000 bachelor's degrees are available now — and more will be within the year.

Gov. Rick Perry famously called on the development of a $10,000 degree in his State of the State address in 2011. The proposal met with criticism at the time,

http://www.texastribune.org/texas-ed...available-now/

And because of a couple of bad debate performances, they missed having a great president. Too bad.

berkeley · #2 03-07-2012, 10:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Pressing-On

And because of a couple of bad debate performances, they missed having a great president. Too bad.

Does less cost mean less education?

Pressing-On · #3 03-07-2012, 10:37 AM

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Does less cost mean less education?

They are saying it does not.

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Other cost-lowering strategies in the works, Jones said, include what he called "shredded e-textbooks," electronic books that can be broken up according to what content is needed and downloaded at low cost. He also expressed interest in competency-based learning — allowing students to advance once they have proven mastery of a subject rather than requiring them to sit through a predetermined amount of classes for course credit.