A recent story in U.S. News & World Report identifies how some states offer in-state tuition reciprocation in order to make a college education more affordable. In doing so, the report relies in part on the experience of CSU student Abigail Akerson. Abigail attended high school in Florida and hoped to play college soccer, but when she didn't receive any scholarship offers from in-state schools, she looked out of state. She received a partial scholarship to play soccer at CSU, which has a reciprocity agreement with Florida and other bordering states. Paying in-state tuition helped her scholarship dollars go further and minimized her overall costs. "Deciding on attending Columbus State University was largely influenced by the border state tuition program," Akerson, a junior, wrote in an email. "A lower tuition rate takes stress off my workload and allows me to focus on studying and playing soccer." Although Abigail is a psychology major at CSU, many out-of-state students in the Turner College and TSYS School are able to take advantage of the reciprocity agreement in the same way.
Officials in the Turner College's Butler Center for Research and Economic Development recently put the finishing touches on an extensive report on trends in educational programs and occupations in the Columbus area. The report also includes data on business and technology trends. According to Fady Mansour , Director of the Butler Center, there are several key takeaways from the report regarding 10 occupational gaps that currently exist in the Columbus area. First, software development occupation exhibits the biggest labor shortage, with the report adding that the TSYS School has a bachelor's degree program in information technology along with a new AI track for the bachelor's degree in computer science, both of which can qualify students for this occupation. Other educational programs are in demand, such as computer programming and cloud computing. Second, there is a gap of 30 employees per year in general and operations management. This gap could be addressed by the Turn...

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