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UA Head Wants In-State Rates for Illegals
posted 9:34 am Thu October 23, 2008
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Little Rock - The head of Arkansas' flagship university says the state must do everything it can to encourage more students to seek bachelor's degrees - including possibly offering illegal immigrants the lower tuition rates given to residents.
In an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart stopped just short of endorsing a measure that would give in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants. However, the new head of the Fayetteville university said most higher education officials want to be forgiving when it comes to students living illegally in the state.
He said it's not the student's fault that parents moved to Arkansas, but it's the student who is punished by denying in-state tuition rates.
In recent years, both the University of Arkansas and the University of Central Arkansas in Conway had offered students in-state tuition rates even if they didn't list a Social Security number in their applications. In May, the head of the state's Department of Higher Education issued an order requiring schools to ensure students receiving in-state tuition were legal residents.
In the time since, Gearhart said the university identified about 25 students who may be illegal immigrants now attending classes there. He said officials at the school worked to find private donations to cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition -- about a $4,500 difference per semester per student.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
In an interview with The Associated Press Wednesday, University of Arkansas Chancellor G. David Gearhart stopped just short of endorsing a measure that would give in-state tuition rates to illegal immigrants. However, the new head of the Fayetteville university said most higher education officials want to be forgiving when it comes to students living illegally in the state.
He said it's not the student's fault that parents moved to Arkansas, but it's the student who is punished by denying in-state tuition rates.
In recent years, both the University of Arkansas and the University of Central Arkansas in Conway had offered students in-state tuition rates even if they didn't list a Social Security number in their applications. In May, the head of the state's Department of Higher Education issued an order requiring schools to ensure students receiving in-state tuition were legal residents.
In the time since, Gearhart said the university identified about 25 students who may be illegal immigrants now attending classes there. He said officials at the school worked to find private donations to cover the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition -- about a $4,500 difference per semester per student.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Dude 2
5:58 pm on 10/25/08
The way I read this, anybody who has done anything illegal is worthy of this.
Or is the UA going to be racist and just cradle to the Hispanic people
Or is the UA going to be racist and just cradle to the Hispanic people
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