Arizona: Loss for Immigrant Students; Win for Foreign Students

by E Wayne Ross on February 18, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: Loss for Immigrant Students; Win for Foreign Students

When Arizona voters passed Proposition 300 in 2006, they barred immigrant students without legal status from enrolling at in-state tuition rates or receiving state financial aid. As expected, the measure has led to declines in the number of such students enrolled at public colleges and universities. At Arizona State University, however, officials responded to Proposition 300 by announcing that they would use private scholarship funds to make up the difference between in-state and out-of-state tuition rates.