A DREAM Act student from Tampa recieved a $30,000 private scholarship to attend Florida Gulf Coast University. If only foundations or private individuals would consider helping undocumented college students. Instead of planting trees with their name on a plaque, wealthy individuals could help a student go to school. Each scholarship is building a future for the students and the nation.
Another way people of wealth can help is by using their influence to promote the DREAM Act and in-state tuition for undocumented students. As the Tampa Tribune mentioned - 40 states do not have in-state tuition for undocumented students. One is Massachussetts, because it was vetoed by Mitt Romney.
Just as people with wealth influence (and help) political campaigns or the passing of a bill in Congress... they could do the same for the DREAM Act.
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Undocumented Students Keep DREAM Act Hopes Alive
By JESSICA HOPPER The Tampa Tribune
Published: Aug 19, 2007
TAMPA - At 14, Dulce proudly told her parents she wanted to go to college.
Her parents' response shocked her. They said going to college would be difficult because she was an undocumented immigrant.
"I was broken completely in half. I refused to believe it," said Dulce, now 20.
Unlike many undocumented teenagers, Dulce's college story has a happy ending. She received her associate's degree in May from Hillsborough Community College. She recently received a $30,000 private scholarship that will cover tuition, books, and room and board at Florida Gulf Coast University this fall.
Undocumented students can attend public schools under a 1982 Supreme Court ruling. But undocumented college-age students are not eligible for federal aid and most forms of state aid. Forty states, including Florida, do not allow in-state tuition for undocumented students. Undocumented teens also cannot work legally to save money for college.
Dulce and other immigrant students hope proposed legislation, the DREAM Act, will make college more accessible to undocumented children...
For complete article:
http://www.tbo.com/news/metro/MGB58IBXI5F.html
photograph: Andrew Carnegie in 1914
http://www.clpgh.org/locations/pennsylvania/carnegie/images/mrac.jpg
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