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The Debate Over In-state Tuition for Undocumented Students - FAQs - Part 2

2008-07-02T01:07:19Z

Part 1 is here

Do individual states have the right to “establish reasonable criteria” for in-state tuition? In Goodhart v. Bd. Of Visitors, the District Court for the Western District of Virginia ruled that a state had a legitimate interest in protecting the right of its bona fide residents to attend its colleges and universities on a preferential basis. “Preferential tuition rates serve not just legitimate, but important, state interests.” The decision upheld a resolution by a university in Virginia not to grant instate tuition to a student from Georgia who had moved there for higher education and claimed to remain indefinitely.

Does 8 U.S.C. § 1623 prevent states from granting instate tuition to undocumented students? Section 505 of the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Title 8, Chapter 14, Sec. 1623(a)) states: "an alien who is not lawfully present in the United States shall not be eligible on the basis of residence within a State (or a political subdivision) for any postsecondary education benefit unless a citizen or national of the United States is eligible for such a benefit (in no less an amount, duration, and scope) without regard to whether the citizen or national is such a resident." Some interpret this law to mean that instate-tuition for undocumented students is unconstitutional—the Courts have thus far skirted around the issue.

Why Won't McCain Support Our Vets?

2008-09-07T04:28:19Z

Robert Lopez served 8 years in our military, fighting in Iraq as a tank commander. He was told he'd get his whole education bill paid for when he got out of the service, but like so many others, Mr. Lopez has faced the bleak reality of a government that has turned its back on its veterans.

That is why Senators Jim Webb and Chuck Hagel proposed the new GI Bill, which would bring back WWII-style standards of providing vets with full tuition, room and board. And that is why 51 senators have signed on, including 9 Republicans like John Warner, giving this GI Bill tremendous bipartisan support.

But it isn't enough. Faced with unprecedented filibusters, the only way to ensure Senate passage of the GI Bill is to get 60 co-sponsors. So far, John McCain has refused. The same McCain who insists he supports our troops. The same McCain who is voting lockstep with the Bush administration (who have also resisted this bill). We need to get John McCain to lead — to sign now and signal to other Republican leaders that we should be strongly behind our vets.

Robert Lopez thinks John McCain ought to stand in his shoes to know how difficult it is to be a vet and have to pay staggering education costs. THIS is your call to arms. Pass the video along and implore your friends to sign the petition.

Vote Vets, WesPAC, and Brave New Films feel passionately about giving our veterans the support they rightly deserve. Our government owes our troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan the opportunity to receive full educational benefits. These patriots have fought hard for our government; it's time our government started fighting hard for them.

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Higher Ed: Free For All

2008-09-07T04:29:04Z

In the struggle to keep up with tuition, 78% of students work while enrolled, averaging 30 hours per week. But the annual cost of everyone's public tuition in the United States is less than $50 billion, says Adolph Reed. We could pay that bill for everyone, he says--and reap substantial returns on the investment.

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We're All Workers--And We're All Intellectuals, Too

2008-09-07T04:29:04Z

Sabbaticals for nurses and accountants? "We're all workers," says Adolph Reed. "We all want the same things." Now that everyone works in the service economy, the blue-collar/white-collar distinctions make very little sense. And recognizing that all intellectuals are workers is a step toward realizing that all workers are intellectuals.

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College Democrats of America: The Tuition Treadmill

2008-09-07T04:25:25Z

CDA's commercial about the rise of student tuition. Part of CDA's "Reverse the Raid on Student Aid" campaign.

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Canadian Tuition Protest 2007

2008-09-07T04:28:58Z

The students of Ottawa storm Parliament in protest of the "Reach Higher" program.

For more info:
http://www.reducetuitionfees.ca
http://www.cfs-fcee.ca/

http://www.gnn.tv

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CAC Tuition

2008-09-07T04:29:23Z

Tuition is up- Where exactly does the money go?

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