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Support Let's Learn: Access to Higher Education for Undocumented Students in NC

Emilio Vicente | Posted 04.09.2013 | College
Emilio Vicente

The undocumented students I know are motivated and want to better themselves and their communities, so why should they struggle because of immigration status -- because they weren't lucky enough to be born in the U.S.?

Tyler Kingkade

Military Vets Get Forced To Pay Thousands Extra For College

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.20.2012 | College

NEW YORK -- After serving in the military, Andrew Sammons returned to home to the house where he lived with his wife in North Carolina and decided to ...

Tancredo Says Metro Lawsuit "Probably Going Nowhere"

Jason Salzman | Posted 02.05.2013 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Former Congressman Tom Tancredo told me this week that his idea to sue Metro State University for offering a reduced tuition rate to the children of illegal immigrants is "probably going nowhere."

Massachusetts Grants In-State Tuition To Undocumented

The Huffington Post | Roque Planas | Posted 11.19.2012 | Latino Voices

Undocumented immigrants who qualify for deferred deportation will get tuition breaks at public colleges and universities in Massachusetts. An unna...

Elise Foley

Kris Kobach Convinces GOP To Toughen Immigration Platform

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 08.21.2012 | Politics

Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, the author of Arizona's SB 1070 immigration bill, ensured on Tuesday that the Republican Party platform will al...

Where College Is Getting Most Expensive

SmartMoney | ANNAMARIA ANDRIOTIS | Posted 08.15.2012 | Home

SmartMoney: For parents concerned about the rising cost of college, financial advisers have traditionally recommended public universities. After al...

Will Student Loan Default Cause the Next Recession?

Pamela Yellen | Posted 06.27.2012 | Home
Pamela Yellen

With the costs of higher education high and rising, it's important for families to start planning for college early. Yet most people don't know the pitfalls to traditional college savings plans.

Don't Let College Rejections Stand in Your Way

Rebecca Joseph | Posted 05.26.2012 | College
Rebecca Joseph

May 1 is the national college decision day. So that means seniors and their families need to spend the next five weeks making some very powerful college decisions.

A Cloudy Day in the History of the Sunshine State

Felipe Matos | Posted 04.18.2012 | Latino Voices
Felipe Matos

Lack of courage from our leaders in Tallahassee has put in jeopardy the future of Latinos in Florida and the future of our state.

Hey Florida Leaders: You Have a Rare Opportunity to Support the Right to Education

Ediberto Roman | Posted 04.07.2012 | Miami
Ediberto Roman

Florida leaders, the question is simple: do you want to be known to be like the economically irresponsible Alabama politicians, or do you want to support everyone's right to education?

Party of Inclusion?

Jason Salzman | Posted 03.24.2012 | Denver
Jason Salzman

Sometimes one media outlet says one thing, another says something else, and you're left saying, WTF. Last week we heard different news about whether Rep. Ramirez would back legislation reducing college tuition for children of illegal immigrants.

Aaron Sankin

University Of California vs. Asian Americans?

HuffingtonPost.com | Aaron Sankin | Posted 01.05.2012 | San Francisco

As the University of California looks to shore up its shaky financial situation in the face of decreased funding from Sacramento, the system's effort ...

Perry Apologizes Again For Controversial Comment

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.04.2012 | Politics

Texas Gov. Rick Perry is still apologizing for his comment during a Sept. 22 Republican presidential debate that opponents of in-state tuition for und...

Jon Ward

Perry Says Tuition Policy Created 'Tax-Payers, Not Tax-Wasters'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jon Ward | Posted 12.08.2011 | Politics

SIOUX CITY, IOWA -- Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry made a new argument Saturday in defense of his actions to give children of undocument...

Undocumented Students Face Obstacles Even After College

AP | By ERIKA NIEDOWSKI | Posted 12.03.2011 | College

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- When Rhode Island became the 13th state to allow in-state tuition for illegal immigrants at public colleges, supporters heralded t...

Rhode Island OKs In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students

Posted 11.27.2011 | College

Undocumented high school students graduating from Rhode Island schools will be able to take advantage of the state's in-state tuition program beginnin...

Rhode Island OKs In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students

Posted 11.27.2011 | Home

Undocumented high school students graduating from Rhode Island schools will be able to take advantage of the state's in-state tuition program beginnin...

Elise Foley

Rick Perry Faces Backlash Over In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 11.13.2011 | Latino Voices

WASHINGTON -- Republican presidential hopefuls sparred in a Monday evening debate over immigration, with candidates piling onto Texas Gov. Rick Perry ...

Maryland Petitions For Voters' Decision On Measure Allowing Aliens In-State Tuition

Posted 09.22.2011 | Home

Opponents of a Maryland bill that would allow some illegal immigrants to pay in-state tuition have collected enough signatures to force a referendum t...

In-State Tuition For Illegal Immigrants Begins

AP | STEPHEN DOCKERY | Posted 09.06.2011 | Home

HARTFORD, Conn. — This will be the first year that illegal immigrant Maria Praeli can consider going to college fulltime. She and her family ha...

States That Allow Undocumented Students To Pay In-State Tuition

Posted 06.28.2011 | College

Earlier this month, Maryland became the latest in a handful of states that allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition. Connecticut is also...

State Senate Passes In-State Tuition For Undocumented Students

Posted 06.18.2011 | Denver

The State Senate passed a measure Monday extending some privileges to undocumented Coloradans, but the partisan nature of the vote could spell its doo...

Weekly Diaspora: AZ Lawmakers Try to Ban Undocumented Children from Public School

The Media Consortium | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
The Media Consortium

by Catherine A. Traywick, Media Consortium blogger Arizona lawmakers are considering two bills that would block undocumented immigrants' access to edu...

In-State Tuition For Undocumented Immigrants In Maryland?

washingtonpost.com | Shankar Vedantam | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Giving undocumented immigrants in-state tuition benefits at Maryland colleges would violate federal law, send the wrong message to law-abiding immigra...

Saying 'I Do' To In-State Tuition

nytimes.com | TESS TOWNSEND | Posted 05.25.2011 | College

Students worldwide compete to attend the University of California, Berkeley, considered one of the best universities in the United States. But econ...