Shamir Ali of Bangladesh made national headlines after StateImpact Florida and others described his plight: He was being deported, even though the Obama Administration’s policy was to allow college students like him to stay in the U.S. Now, he’s been released from a Florida immigration detention center and given temporary legal standing in the country.Ā But […]
As college students “Occupy USF” this afternoon, one of their biggest complaints is the rising cost of tuition. Yes, it’s up…but it’s still cheaper to go to college in Florida than just about anywhere else. Our friends at The Florida Current have come up with a cool graphic showing the tuition trends, which they’re allowing […]
Below is the lawsuit from the Southern Poverty Law Center challenging Florida’s college tuition rules. The group argues that children of undocumented immigrants should not be charged out-of-state tuition despite those students being both U.S. citizens and Florida residents. StateImpact Florida profiled one such student in August.
Back in August I profiled Caroline Roa,Ā a recent high school graduate ready to start school at Miami Dade College with what she thought would be a full-scholarship. But weeks before the start of classes, Roa, who was born in Miami, learned her tuition would be three-times higher than she planned forābecause Roa’s dad is an […]
Is it possible to evaluate a college professor the same way NFL scouts measure the speed, strength and quickness of college athletes? Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to have that debate. Heās looking to a controversial Texas proposal as a guide. The Texas model has sparked a Lone Star backlash from schools concerned the plan […]
Education-related bill are stacking up in Tallahassee, four months before lawmakers return for the 2012 session. Yesterday we wrote about Sen. Joe Negron’s bill that would allow voters to once again choose the state education commissioner. Here are other topics that will be on the calendar come January. School Funding At the top of the […]
StateImpact Florida’s Monday story about the effect of new Bright Futures scholarship requirements on illegal immigrants or the children of illegal immigrants prompted a number of comments from readers asking why those students should get the lottery-funded scholarships — or any public benefits — at the expense of another student. The story also spurred Juan, […]
Seven Florida colleges placed in the top 100 “Best Buys,” according to a Forbes list released this week, led by the University of Florida at 11, Florida State University at 13, New College of Florida at 16 and the University of North Florida at 19. Those rankings could change, as the South Florida Sun-Sentinel notes, […]
Yesterday’s story about a new requirement for the Florida Lottery-funded Bright Futures scholarship prompted a number of questions from readers, including how an illegal alien could get a scholarship in the first place? Here are answers to some of those questions. What has changed? The new law changes two requirements for Bright Futures. First, students […]
A new law designed to collect more information on college students is having an unintended effect ā it could prevent some undocumented students from receiving the stateās Bright Futures scholarship. And as Sarah Gonzalez of StateImpact Florida discovered, the new policy could also discourage U.S. citizens from applying for the merit-based scholarship. Read the full […]
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