NC community college board given report on illegals
April 20, 2009
The State Board of Community Colleges took another step Thursday toward deciding whether to admit illegal immigrants to degree programs when it received a report from a consultant hired to study the issue.
The report laid out three options used by other states. The board, which oversees the state's 58 community college campuses, could admit illegal immigrants, either at in-state or out-of-state tuition rates, or it could bar them. Only one other state, South Carolina, excludes illegal immigrants altogether, the report said.
The study also found that the colleges stand to profit if they admit illegal immigrants at out-of-state rates, as the UNC System does. Out-of-state tuition is about $7,000 a year, while the cost of instruction for a student is less than $5,400.
The News and Observer (Raleigh)
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