Tired of reading stories about the ever-escalating costs associated with higher education? Here?s something different: Texas Gov. Rick Perry challenged universities in the Lone Star state earlier this year to create a bachelor?s degree which will cost students only $10,000 for four years of tuition, fees, and textbooks.
That might sound impossible considering just one year of tuition, fees and textbooks at UW-Madison now tops $10,000. But last week the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board indicated it?s moving “aggressively” to tackle Perry?s challenge, the San Antonio Express-News reported.