Undocumented Students See Fee Increase in Arizona

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports that Arizona State University has reclassified more than 200 students from “in state” to “out of state” because they could not prove they were living lawfully in the United States. Just days ago the University of Arizona had reclassified 119 students to “out of state” as a result of Proposition 300, which requires public colleges and universities to confirm the status of students paying in-state tuition. In-state students pay $4,821 tuition this academic year at Arizona State — less than a third of the amount out-of-state and foreign students pay. At ASU, many of students who were charged the higher tuition got some help from the ASU Foundation, an independent fund-raising group that handed out $1.8-million in private scholarships, the newspaper reported. That’s enough for about 150 full-time students.

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