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Thanks for getting this info out, smoothsailing!

I really like what Rick Perry has been doing for higher education.

I LOVE the Western Governor’s University where he worked with other governors to propose and implement a low cost educational alternative to higher ed students and to those already in the work force. I have never seen a university set up like that either, distance learning or otherwise.

Here is a youtube video of Rick Perry announcing the start of Western Governors University of Texas:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRSlRXikEbQ

Here is the website for Western Governors University Texas:

http://texas.wgu.edu/

I also like the “College Credit for Heroes” program Rick Perry put into place in Texas which, I haven’t forgotten smoothsailing, I learned about first from you here at FR! LOL

Thanks to this program, military men and women don’t have to spend additional time and money getting re-educated (or better educated) to re-enter the private workforce. With Texas colleges and universities offering quicker routes through a degree based on military experience and courses or classes taken while they were serving our country, this program is a sensible way of keeping college costs down for military active duty, veterans, and retired military people. It just makes sense. Plus, I like it personally because it’s just another note of military support which Rick Perry has always shown (the ONE area where I associate him very much with G.W. and his love for military men and woman). Can you tell we are retired military? LOL

I know you know about this, smoothsailing, but if anyone else was interested and wanted to know more about this program, here is Rick Perry’s announcement of the College Credit for Heroes Program:

http://governor.state.tx.us/news/press-release/16375/

Here’s a direct link to the youtube video where Rick Perry announced the College Credit for Heroes Program.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzfw3lYPI-E&feature=player_embedded