In 2001, West Virginia Governor Bob Wise proposed a scholarship program that would waive the tuition costs of West Virginia's public universities for students with a good academic standing. The PROMISE Scholarship caused a significant increase of college attendance in the state, and became very popular. Now, seven years later, Governor Joe Manchin has made his own proposal to change the scholarship in a big way -- making some rethink their definition of the word 'Promise'.

What do you guys think? Is the state going back on their word? Or, with the rising cost of tuition, is the state justified? Will this help keep our young people in the state after graduation? Or will it scare them off from going to school here in the first place?