Tag: Undocumented Immigrants: Page 17

Community Colleges

Amid Uproar Over Undocumented Students, Ralls Named N.C. Community College System President

RALEIGH, N.C. — The next president of North Carolina’s community college system said Thursday he will continue to focus energies on helping train the state’s work force to compete in a high-tech economy.

December 15, 2007

Students

Oregon board urges in-state tuition rate for undocumented immigrants

Undocumented immigrant students would be able to pay in-state tuition rates at Oregon’s public universities, under a proposal from a panel of students, faculty and administrators.

December 12, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The First of Its Kind

Cal State Northridge takes the lead by creating the country’s first baccalaureate program in Central American studies.

December 12, 2007

Latinx

Hispanic Briefs: Hispanics Edge Back Towards Immigrants; In-State Tuition for Undocumented Immigrants; Oscar de la Renta Honored by CUNY Institute; LA Politica Becomes Candidato USA.

A summary of some the latest headlines relating to Hispanic Americans, higher education, and politics.

December 8, 2007

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Oregon Panel Explores In-state Tuition For Undocumented Immigrants As Diversity Tool

PORTLAND Ore. A panel of students, faculty and administrators is proposing charging in-state tuition for undocumented immigrant students at Oregon’s public universities.

December 6, 2007

Community Colleges

N.C. Community Colleges President Defends Undocumented Immigrant Policy

RALEIGH, N.C. — The president of the state community college system won’t back down from a new policy that allows Undocumented Immigrants to enroll on all campuses, saying that doing otherwise runs counter to a nearly 50-year-old tradition of open admissions.

December 5, 2007

Students

In Brief: UT Teaching Hospital Considers Turning Away Undocumented Cancer Patients

The University of Texas Medical Branch may stop offering cancer care to indigent and undocumented immigrants in order to cut costs; University of Buffalo researcher’s work leads to dismissal of Tulsa ‘Race Riot’ charges; West Virginia rethinks scholarship leave of absence.

December 3, 2007

Community Colleges

North Carolina Community Colleges Required to Admit Undocumented Immigrants

North Carolina’s community colleges must admit illegal immigrants as long as they are 18 years old and high school graduates, a legal decision that reverses a 2004 rule that gave campuses the option to say no.

November 27, 2007

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Undocumented Students ‘In Limbo’ With Senate Failure To Pass DREAM Act

The long-debated DREAM Act to help undocumented students failed in a U.S. Senate vote Wednesday, likely ending prospects for the enactment of the measure this year.

October 23, 2007

Students

The Rise of the Ghetto-Fabulous Party

In a recent article published in Colorlines, Dr. C. Richard King, an associate professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, and Dr. David J. Leonard, an assistant professor of comparative ethnic studies at Washington State University, argue that the “gangsta” parties could be the culmination of two decades of conservative politics at colleges and the “corporatization” of American universities.

October 4, 2007

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DREAM Act Deferred — Again

Legislation to help illegal immigrant students access higher education suffered another setback in the Senate last week. But the Senate’s top Democrat has pledged an up-or-down vote on the measure by mid-November.

October 1, 2007

Latinx

Keeping the DREAM Alive

A state reciprocity agreement facilitates in-state tuition for undocumented students in New Mexico and Colorado.

September 30, 2007