University of North Carolina to study in-state tuition for illegal immigrants

The University of North Carolina system will study the costs and benefits of offering in-state tuition to illegal immigrants on its 16 campuses, system president Erskine Bowles said today.

“We can’t stick our heads in the sand,” Bowles said. “These people are here, and we have to deal with it. The last thing in the world we want to do is create another permanent underclass.” Bowles said the system will undertake the study in response to the recommendation of the UNC Tomorrow Commission, a group of business, community and academic leaders that issued a report Thursday. Bowles established the commission to suggest ways that the university can better serve the state in the midst of a changing economy.”*

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