Some fear that more students’ qualifying for in-state tuition rates under the DREAM Act could drain some states’ college coffers. Officials at Rutgers University disagree. Last year, the university provided $292 million in financial aid to 30,000 students. The average award package was $9,600.
As scholarship administrator, Dr. Nancy L. Lord oversees the annual dissemination of nearly 150 scholarships to Rutgers students. The university’s applications do not ask for citizenship status.
“If we’re going to close the door, the door should have been closed much sooner than that,” Lord says. “We shouldn’t even be in the business of closing the door; it’s a public university.”
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