Here is the The Short List for July 28.

Pensacola State faces penalties under performance funding

Ed Meadows knew for more than a year that performance based funding would not be kind to Pensacola State College.

He was right. The college lost $613,000 of its base funding. At a glance, here is how PSC scored on the metrics.

Meadows says his school is hampered by low wages in the region and, in some ways, its commitment to nontraditional students. Meadows says 61 percent of PSC students are women and many of them are single parents trying to improve their families’ prospects. And because women’s wage on average lag behind men’s in this area, it is an uphill battle.

Read more here.

Where are Pensacola’s best parks?

A group of student researchers in the University of West Florida Kugelman Honors Program set out this spring to find the answer.

The team – made up of 60 undergraduate students led by Jocelyn Evans, professor of political science and associate dean of the UWF College of Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities –  evaluated 53 Pensacola city parks for safety, inclusiveness, meaningful activities, comfort and pleasurability.

Find out where the best parks were and some of the story behind the research project here.

The student loan debt bubble

Some experts believe the level of debt that young people are carrying from college is a bubble moving through the economy that could burst.

The national estimate is that there is $1.2 trillion i student loan debt out there among our young professionals.

The typical UWF grad graduates with a diploma in one hand and an average of $20,000 in debt in the other. Carlton Proctor looked at how that burden limits their economic choices. Read more here.

Bridging the Gap

The Escambia Sheriff’s Office is hosting its “Bridging the Gap” conference over the next three days at the Brownsville Community Center. The community involvement summit is organized by Sgt. Delarian Wiggins. Read more here about the effort.

A group of concerned citizens are hosting a community forum titled: "The Engagement of Law Enforcement and Education within the Minority Community" Aug. 4 from 5:30 pm to 7:30 pm at the West Florida Public Library, 239 N Spring St, Pensacola.

Robin Reshard will moderate the forum and focus its discussion on youth in the minority community, their engagement with law enforcement and the school-to-prison pipeline. Panelists include PPD's Chief Alexander, Doug Baldwin SR. (former PPD), Dr. Amir Whitaker (Southern Poverty Law Center) and Claudia Brown-Curry (former Escambia School Board member). Local organizations planning on attending include: Pensacola Lamplighters, the Escambia County Human Relations Commission and Mosque #98.

For more information about the event please visit escambiacommunityforum.com or call 872-222-8227.

Tiger Point Golf Club saga

The woes related to Gulf Breeze’s purchase of the Tiger Point Golf CLub seems to be mounting. Now city and county officials are bickering over who will foot the bill for repairs that are needed at the course. Kaycee Lagarde is covering the issue. Read more here.