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• Position: STATELINE - Educational policy of Florida lawmakers - Brief article

Florida lawmakers are considering several ideas to entice college students into majors that prepare them for jobs the state will need filled in the near future. One suggestion from a governor's task force is to freeze tuition rates for three years for students in "desirable" majors like civil engineering, pre-med and computer science. A tiered tuition structure, for example, could make a class on molecular biology less expensive than one on the philosophy of ancient Greece. Likewise, geotechnical engineering might be a bargain...