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Thursday, April 26, 2012  Updated with video; Student loan interest rates are set to double July 1st if congress doesn't act soon causing students to question whether or not dropout rates will increase while admissions will decrease.

Friday, January 27, 2012  Obama to spell out plan to target universities that don't control rising tuition costs

Wednesday, October 26, 2011  College prices up again as public universities pass state budget cuts on to customers

Thursday, September 01, 2011  How does the annual costs of daycare compare to college tuition in the state? And how do local daycares and colleges compare?

Saturday, February 26, 2011  Over 350 potential students attended Campus Visitation Day.

Saturday, February 26, 2011  Representative Ed Rynders of Leesburg has filed a resolution that would limit the Georgia Board of Regents' ability to raise college tuition.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011  Georgia Governor Nathan Deal is proposing sweeping changes to the HOPE Scholarship program.

Monday, February 21, 2011  A local college is celebrating its golden anniversary at a time when millions of students – including many in Southwest Georgia - are struggling to make ends meet.

Thursday, February 17, 2011  Gov. Nathan Deal and legislative leaders have agreed on a plan to rescue Georgia's cash-strapped HOPE scholarship that would cap the awards so they no longer rise as tuition does, effectively ending a 20-year-old audacious promise: free public college tuition to any student who earned a B average or better.

Tuesday, April 14, 2009  The Georgia Board of Regents is expected to vote on how much to raise tuition in the face of the state's worst fiscal crisis in decades, including a measure to suspend guaranteed tuition rates for students.