Sonny Perdue has held many titles: state senator, Georgia governor, and U.S. agriculture secretary. Now he goes by “Chancellor Perdue” as chancellor of the state’s public college and university system.
Perdue talked with WABE recently about a range of topics, including a new website called ‘Georgia Degrees Pay,’ where prospective students can compare attendance costs, student success and future earnings at all of Georgia’s 26 public institutions. Although the site targets all prospective students, Perdue admits he really wants students who are considering attending out-of-state colleges to visit it.
“This is really a marketing tool as well, to show [those students] where they can go — maybe closer to home or maybe far away if they choose,” he says. “But we don’t believe that any students should feel the necessity to go out of state for a better education.”
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