<p>Reading CC, I've often seen parents and students refer to Georgia's lottery-based HOPE scholarship as a gold standard in state funding. The HOPE scholarship covers all tuition and mandatory fees for students maintaining a 3.0 GPA -- recently, though, the program has started going broke because of increased demand and decreased lottery revenues.</p>
<p>Thoughts? Is this another step in the trend toward decreased support for higher ed.? Is 90% the first step on a slippery slope to ... 75%, then maybe 50%, and ultimately 0? Very interested to see what folks on CC think about these changes.</p>
<p>it’s a ‘slippery slope’ to need-based aid. Does it really make good financial sense for the state to offer a full rides to kids of multi-millionaires? Earning a B average in HS is not very difficult for most kids (given HS grade inflation). With such a low threshold, where is the incentive to work hard in high school. That’s akin to telling the Atlanta Falcons, be a .500 team and we will guarantee you a trip to the playoffs.</p>
<p>It seems to be an incredibly high level of support tied to a rather modest g.p.a… I’m not surprised it hasn’t proved to be sustainable. </p>
<p>I hope they don’t go to something like U. Cal did where people earning $80K and up are still looking at paying huge tuition and fees. </p>
<p>Maybe a tiered approach, where students with certain gpa/test scores get 100%, and scaling down so that students with the 3.0/mediocre test scores get the equivalent of full fees and books at community colleges, but not full fees anywhere, with a financial booster shot for low income families.</p>