Closing the gap on Hispanic higher education
The University of Texas-El Paso (UTEP) is one of the most binational of America’s big universities. Some 90% of its students come from the borderplex—the Texan city of El Paso and its much larger sister-city, Ciudad Juárez, on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande. More than 70% of its students are Mexican or Mexican-American.
And that, in turn, means that the El Paso campus is rather different from the University of Texas’s flagship campus in Austin. More than half of UTEP students are among the first in their families to go to college, and roughly a third come from families with incomes below $20,000 a year. Diana Natalicio, UTEP’s president, says that for many of her students trouble at work, or an unexpected expense, can derail a whole year of college. UTEP tries to help, offering after-hours advice and instalment plans for tuition fees. Such measures have helped it to become one of the country’s leading sources of degrees for Hispanic students.
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Source: The Economist
And that, in turn, means that the El Paso campus is rather different from the University of Texas’s flagship campus in Austin. More than half of UTEP students are among the first in their families to go to college, and roughly a third come from families with incomes below $20,000 a year. Diana Natalicio, UTEP’s president, says that for many of her students trouble at work, or an unexpected expense, can derail a whole year of college. UTEP tries to help, offering after-hours advice and instalment plans for tuition fees. Such measures have helped it to become one of the country’s leading sources of degrees for Hispanic students.
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Source: The Economist
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Permalink Reply by Art Calvo on -
How many US citizen young people are being denied acceptance and/or financial aid as the trade off?
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Permalink Reply by JP on -
Art,
Good question. In addition, how many US citizens are dismayed by this fact?
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Permalink Reply by Diana Nieto on -
Thanks to the SB 1528 affidavit in Texas, alot more international students are able to go to college/university and pay in-state tuition rates versus out-of-state tuition.
http://essc.unt.edu/registrar/forms/Affidavit%20SB%201528.pdf
However, undocumented students cannot apply for federal fianacial aid. Therefore, paying for college is still a challenge.
Nonetheless, it is possible for these students get aid from the state (Texas Scholars community service), if they choose to apply.
Of course every university/college varies.
The big question is: how are degreed undocumented students going to get a job?
That is something congress needs to work on!
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Permalink Reply by JP on
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Diana,
Here is a thought. What if undocumented students are allowed to obtain a green card by performing civil service while they are going to college?
And for degreed undocumented people, the same principal would apply or they could serve in one of US military branches to obtain resident status.
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