Immigration
Tim’s Tips: Furor Over Student Paper at UMass Lowell
Furor Over Student Paper at UMass Lowell Inside Higher Education May 14, 2012 – 3:00am April 1 is typically the date many student newspapers run joke issues, and some of the jokes offend various groups. At the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, the tradition of The UMass Lowell Connector is to run a joke issue [...]
Tim’s Tips: Bills to Lower Tuition Costs for Illegal Immigrants Are Rejected in 2 States
Bills to Lower Tuition Costs for Illegal Immigrants Are Rejected in 2 States April 26, 2012, 12:13 am The Chronicle of Higher Education Bills that would allow some illegal immigrants to pay tuition lower than nonresident rates at state colleges and universities were rejected by lawmakers in Colorado and Delaware on Wednesday. The Delaware measure [...]
Tim’s Tips: Program Director Tells How Her College Is Helping Immigrant Students Succeed
April 23, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education Program Director Tells How Her College Is Helping Immigrant Students Succeed By Jennifer González Orlando, Fla. Over the next several decades, immigrants and their children will account for much of the population growth in the United States. Community colleges have historically served as the gateway for immigrant [...]
Tim’s Tips: ‘I Was Running Because I’m an Aggie’
April 1, 2012 The Chronicle of Higher Education ‘I Was Running Because I’m an Aggie’ By Emma Roller A race to decide who leads an institution’s student government isn’t usually a national issue, but outlets like The New York Times and Fox News covered Texas A&M University’s election this winter. That’s because Jose Luis Zelaya, [...]
Tim’s Tips: Accord in Georgia Strips Campus Ban From Immigration Bill
Accord in Georgia Strips Campus Ban From Immigration Bill Inside Higher Education March 29, 2012 – 3:00am The sponsor of legislation that would bar Georgia’s public colleges from enrolling students in the United States without legal documentation agreed Wednesday to an amendment that would strip the ban from broader immigration legislation, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported. [...]
Tim’s Tips: Higher-Ed Research Assn. Moves 2013 Meeting From Atlanta Over Immigration Legislation
Higher-Ed Research Assn. Moves 2013 Meeting From Atlanta Over Immigration Legislation February 27, 2012, 10:37 am The Chronicle of Higher Education The American Educational Research Association announced on Friday that its 2013 annual meeting would be held in San Francisco instead of Atlanta because of an Arizona-style immigration law that Georgia adopted last year. The [...]
Tim’s Tips: Pomona Debates Dismissals of Immigrant Workers
Pomona Debates Dismissals of Immigrant Workers Inside Higher Education February 2, 2012 – 3:00am Pomona College dismissed 17 employees, 16 of them from the dining service, in December when they could not produce documents showing that they were legally in the United States, The New York Times reported. Some of the employees had worked for [...]
Tim’s Tips: DREAMing at Catholic Colleges
DREAMing at Catholic Colleges January 31, 2012 – 3:00am Inside Higher Education By Libby A. Nelson WASHINGTON — At a gathering of leaders of Roman Catholic colleges here Monday, Sister Diane Kennedy, vice president for mission and ministry at Dominican University, proudly described 17 of Dominican’s students…. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2012/01/31/catholic-colleges-urged-support-undocumented-students
Tim’s Tips: Fla. Senate Panel Kills Bill on Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants
Fla. Senate Panel Kills Bill on Tuition for Children of Illegal Immigrants January 31, 2012, 11:07 pm The Chronicle of Higher Education The Florida Senate’s higher-education committee effectively killed a measure on Tuesday that sought to allow graduates of state high schools who are U.S. citizens but whose parents are in the country illegally to [...]
Tim’s Tips: Lawmakers in Florida, Georgia Debate Bills on Undocumented Students
Lawmakers in Florida, Georgia Debate Bills on Undocumented Students Inside Higher Education February 1, 2012 – 4:32am Legislators in Florida and Georgia are having contentious debates this week about undocumented students and public higher education. In Georgia, lawmakers are debating legislation that would bar from public higher education all students who lack legal documentation to [...]