How are you paying for college at ASU? Do you get in-state tuition even though your home state is not Arizona?
According to an article written by Katherine Unmuth for the Dallas Morning News, “The number of illegal immigrant college students paying in-state tuition and receiving financial aid at Texas' public colleges and universities continues to climb, according to state higher education records.” I find this alarming and rude. If illegal immigrants are receiving aid, and especially free money, why not the young man down the street who comes from generations of American blood, but missed the aid cut-off because his parents make $100 a year too much. Doesn’t something seem wrong here? Is it right for American's to have an "Us First" mentality? Unmuth, K. (2010). Number of illegal immigrants getting in-state tuition for Texas colleges rises. Retrieved from http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/latestnews/stories/0315dnmetimmigcount.3d35b14.html
The article states that only students living in Texas for at least three years prior to their high school graduation will benefit from the law. Texas is in fact their home state.
ReplyDeleteYou can live in Texas for 3 years, but it does not make you a resident. If you are illegal, you are surely not a legal resident.
ReplyDeleteI am paying in-state tuition, on my own accord, to go to school at ASU. Even with my reduced rate, I find it hard to pay for my education as it is. With all these tuition increases, this topic has crossed my mind. I have a friend who grew up on the indian reservation right behind my neighborhood ans her college education is completely comped because of her heritage. Now, I understand Universities have scholarships and grants depended upon your ethnicity, however, I do feel as if that free money is always a larger amount than the one I apply for; maybe it's just me. Everyone is entitled to an education beyond high school, but I think ways to pay for it should be offered evenly and equally amongst all types of races.
ReplyDeleteI think education beyond high school should be free; at least up to an A.A. or A.S. degree. I think it would benefit America to do so. The way it is now, school after high school is not an entitlement. One must be poor, recieve a scholarship, or be rich to have an easier time paying for school. If one is just an average middle class Joe, it is very difficult to get any rewards.
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