Comments on: CYA 2008: Education & Student Aid Damage Control

By: David Adams

David Adams — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:25:45 +0000

By the way, I agree with you about the Governor’s proposal on KEES funding. And this isn’t academic to me. In the fall, I will have two children at Georgia Tech. Georgia is the home of the nation’s largest state-run merit-based scholarship program. Their tuition rates are much lower than Kentucky’s. Thanks to the Academic Common Market, my kids get in-state tuition and get to use their KEES awards. Check it out.

By: David Adams

David Adams — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:21:58 +0000

KEES isn’t a need-based scholarship, Alan Harbig.

By: alan harbig

alan harbig — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:04:24 +0000

Are you some kind of a neanderthal diot, David Adams?
Do you not understand that the premise behind KEES is to encourage Kentucky’s top students to achieve at state universities?
Why would we penalize these great kids for our government’s inability to keep a promise they made?
The KEES proposal made by the governor is unconscionable and will burden families and students who are already struggling to pay tuition that’s increasing by double digits every year.

By: David Adams

David Adams — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 20:33:33 +0000

Or we could prohibit the use of state need-based aid by freshman and sophomores at our four-year colleges. This would encourage more families to send their kids to community colleges the first two years, which is cheaper. It would also reduce some of the artificial demand that boosts tuition because of students going to college and checking their price-sensitivity at the door.
Even if it were only a temporary measure, we could combat overcrowding at the community colleges by making admissions competitive. I’m hard-pressed to come up with a better solution without spending more money.