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Tue., April 19, 2011 12:43pm
Georgia college students will have to pay up to $450 more per semester in tuition and fees starting this fall. The Georgia Board of Regents voted Tuesday to raise tuition to deal with a massive shortfall because of state budget cuts, skyrocketing enrollment and dried-up federal stimulus money. The state's 35 colleges and universities are set to lose $346 million in funding for the fiscal year starting July 1.
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Wed., March 30, 2011 8:06am
Georgia lawmakers want to amend the state constitution to prevent the Board of Regents from raising tuition more than the rate of inflation.
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Thu., March 10, 2011 1:27pm
Changes to the HOPE scholarship program have cleared both chambers of the general assembly. The revisions mean most recipients will get 20 percent less funding this fall.
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Thu., February 17, 2011 5:20pm
College students in Georgia likely will see a tuition increase again this year.
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Thu., February 17, 2011 4:59pm
State lottery sales can no longer keep up with demand for the HOPE scholarship. Lawmakers plan to introduce legislation on Tuesday to remedy Hope's depleting funds.
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Tue., January 25, 2011 6:12pm
Lawmakers have started the discussion on how to change the HOPE scholarship program so it won’t go broke next year.
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Tue., January 18, 2011 5:38pm
Board of Regents Chancellor Errol Davis told lawmakers Tuesday that tuition at Georgia's 35 colleges and universities will go up if budget cuts of $185 million are approved. Davis warned that the system cannot take another year with deep cuts.
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Fri., November 20, 2009 5:04pm
Students take an average of six years to get a bachelor's degree, blaming r
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Mon., September 14, 2009 3:05pm
The “fixed-for-four” program, initiated by the Board of Regents in 2006, gu
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Fri., July 24, 2009 12:42pm
As many public school systems scramble to meet Governor Perdue’s call for t
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