HOPE Should Not Become Just Another Government Spending Program - January 25, 2012 by

HOPE, Again:  About those reports that the HOPE scholarship could face a new economic tsunami because so many Georgia kids are qualifying for the full tuition Zell Miller Scholarship:  Really?  Are these kids nothing like the 50 percent who lose HOPE after one school year?  And if we suddenly have so many super smart kids, [...]
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Georgia Higher Ed Still a Good Deal; Many HOPE Students Underachieve - April 21, 2011 by

Colleges like ice cream come in many flavors and specialties.  Some cost more than others and way out there you have gelato which costs more per gallon than gasoline. Recent headlines make it seem like Georgia higher education carries gelato pricing.  HOPE scholarship cuts dominated headlines before this week when higher university system tuition and [...]
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Bulletin to Georgia Students: Three Strikes in Baseball; Two Strikes in HOPE - March 18, 2011 by

Georgia has enacted legislation to save the celebrated HOPE scholarship but salvation comes at a price:  Automatic full tuition payments will become the exception instead of the norm, book payments are gone, funds to help with mandatory student fees are being scaled back and students will also learn there are three strikes in baseball but [...]
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