Since 2011, Governor Rick Perry challenged lawmakers to provide “a bold, Texas-style solution” to the challenge of affordable higher education: a $10,000 degree for Texas students.
In a recent press release challenging Texas schools to initiate the low-cost degree, Perry said that 13 schools in Texas already offer or are planning to offer such a degree.
We talked to Gardner Selby of the Austin American-Statesman’s PolitiFact Texas to judge the accuracy of Governor Perry's claim. You can read the fact check here: http://www.politifact.com/texas/article/2013/jun/04/rick-perrys-count-10000-college-degrees/
