$10,000 may not be able to buy as much as it used to, but Texas politicians and higher education administrators think that with a little experimentation it can buy a pretty good bachelor's degree.
That was the challenge issued by Texas Governor Rick Perry in his February 2011 State of the State address, when he called on the state's public universities to provide a bachelor's degree for $10,000 or less (for a full four-year degree, books included) ...