The Chronicle of Higher Education
October 9, 2011
Josh Keller
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California signed legislation on Saturday that will allow thousands of illegal immigrants who graduated from high school in California to receive state financial aid for college, but he vetoed another bill of interest to higher education that would have tried to allow public colleges to consider race in admissions.
Along with roughly a dozen other states, California already allows some illegal immigrants to pay less-expensive in-state tuition at public colleges. The new law, AB 131, known as the California Dream Act, will allow them to apply for Cal Grants, fee waivers at community colleges, and institutional financial aid at public universities, starting in 2013.
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http://chronicle.com/article/Californias-Dream-Act/129330/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
October 9, 2011
Josh Keller
Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. of California signed legislation on Saturday that will allow thousands of illegal immigrants who graduated from high school in California to receive state financial aid for college, but he vetoed another bill of interest to higher education that would have tried to allow public colleges to consider race in admissions.
Along with roughly a dozen other states, California already allows some illegal immigrants to pay less-expensive in-state tuition at public colleges. The new law, AB 131, known as the California Dream Act, will allow them to apply for Cal Grants, fee waivers at community colleges, and institutional financial aid at public universities, starting in 2013.
Full Story:
http://chronicle.com/article/Californias-Dream-Act/129330/?sid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en
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