re: New Louisiana bill allows colleges to raise tuition up to 10 percent a year

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That only works for 10 years then your at 100%.

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A 10% increase per year would be double the original cost in approximately 7 years

Actually, it’s roughly a 159% increase after 10 years.


The calculation is (1.1^10)-1


1.1^10 is a little over 2.59.

2.59-1=1.59, or 159%.

So now your worthless poli sci degree will be even more worthless and moar expensive.

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bullshite! When TOPS started you had to be in the top 10% of your graduating class and have like a 3.5 cumulative GPA.

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yep! Plus the ACT scores were set at a higher standard. And Patrick Taylor’s money paid for it mostly until the state decided to make everything worse

Only exists due to LSU's desperation to stay relevant in sports, which are funded using student tuition

Maybe a PE take over of colleges isn’t such a bad thing.

1. I doubt "nepo" baby Norby worked 3 jobs while in college. He, his father and brother were all state senators.

2. I wonder how much Nicholls State is paying Norby to be their political consultant? A couple of years ago, the school was in deep financial trouble (it still might be), yet continued to add positions in administration.

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bullshite! When TOPS started you had to be in the top 10% of your graduating class and have like a 3.5 cumulative GPA. It was when they started lowering qualification standards that costs ballooned.

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The first college freshman class to receive TOPS awards started college in fall 1998. To be eligible, students had to earn a cumulative 2.5 GPA on a more rigorous core curriculum in high school and score at least the national average on the ACT.

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Unless you are referring to earlier version which had an income limit

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Some say TOPS began in 1989 as the Louisiana College Tuition Plan when Gov. Buddy Roemer signed ACT 789 into law. The program was inspired by the education initiatives of New Orleans businessman Patrick Taylor and included a family income cap of $25,000 to $35,000.

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TOPS began in 1989 as the Louisiana College Tuition Plan, or LCTP, when Gov. Buddy Roemer signed ACT 789 into law – creating the state-funded, merit-based college tuition program. The program was inspired by the education initiatives of Patrick Taylor.

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Three years later, the program was renamed the Tuition Assistance Plan, or TAP, but kept the minimum 17.5 units in core curriculum and composite 18 ACT score requirement. The program also began with an income cap.
In 1997, Gov. Murphy Foster changed the name once more to the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students, or TOPS. The income cap was removed, making the program available to more students. The required number of core curriculum units was lowered to 16.5 and composite ACT score was raised to 19.

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Rep. Chris Turner, D- Ruston, said he sponsored House BIll 1084 because colleges cannot keep doing more with less.

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TOPS needs a complete overhaul. It used to be reserved for the best & the brightest

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When? Source?
You have needed an 18 ACT score since 1992. Now a 20.