In-state tuition not a draw for many immigrants

“Laws offering in-state college tuition rates to undocumented immigrants, something being considered by the Massachusetts Legislature, have sparked a sizable jump in the enrollment of such students in Texas universities but more modest increases in the majority of states providing such benefits.

Enrollment figures for six of the nine states with in-state tuition rates for undocumented immigrants found that Texas saw its enrollment of such students increase from about 1,500 in the fall of 2001 to roughly 8,000 last year, said Ray Grasshoff, director of special projects for the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board. That state has some 1.4-million undocumented immigrants, and some schools in its higher education system have been actively encouraging them to apply.”

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