http://www.northescambia.com/2013/01/all-23-four-year-florida-colleges-accept-10k-degree-challenge Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Thu, 23 Apr 2026 19:53:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2013/01/all-23-four-year-florida-colleges-accept-10k-degree-challenge/comment-page-1#comment-184191 Waterlady501 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:51:54 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=126024#comment-184191 Governor Scott: “Our goal should be that students do not have to go into debt in order to obtain a degree..." That's seems pretty straightforward to me. Now this: "But the colleges are also making clear that they intend to be flexible in how they define and achieve the goal laid down by Scott..." So, the colleges are saying they'll accept the challenge, but THEY get to decide if they actually meet the goal or not. Polk State College claims they've met the goal because their tuition is "less than $10,000 when financial aid is taken into account." Hm. Financial aid is a general term used by colleges for ANY kind of 3rd party funding a student uses-- sports or education scholarships, grants, AND student loans. Let's give them the benefit of a doubt and say they weren't intending to include student loans. That still leaves financial aid. Not everybody can get an athletic scholarship or an academic one. Not everyone can get grants from private organizations. How are those students going to reduce their tuition cost from $13,700 to less than $10,000? Come on. Don't claim to accept a challenge and meet the goal when clearly you haven't. Governor Scott: “Our goal should be that students do not have to go into debt in order to obtain a degree…” That’s seems pretty straightforward to me. Now this: “But the colleges are also making clear that they intend to be flexible in how they define and achieve the goal laid down by Scott…” So, the colleges are saying they’ll accept the challenge, but THEY get to decide if they actually meet the goal or not. Polk State College claims they’ve met the goal because their tuition is “less than $10,000 when financial aid is taken into account.” Hm. Financial aid is a general term used by colleges for ANY kind of 3rd party funding a student uses– sports or education scholarships, grants, AND student loans. Let’s give them the benefit of a doubt and say they weren’t intending to include student loans. That still leaves financial aid. Not everybody can get an athletic scholarship or an academic one. Not everyone can get grants from private organizations. How are those students going to reduce their tuition cost from $13,700 to less than $10,000? Come on. Don’t claim to accept a challenge and meet the goal when clearly you haven’t.

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