Community College Board gets initial look at immigration study
Undocumented immigrants who attend North Carolina's community colleges pay more to attend in out-of-state student fees than they cost to educate, a consultant told the North Carolina Community College Board.
On average, the operation cost to educate a full-time student in the community college system is $5,375, compared with $7,024 in tuition a student paying the out-of-state student rate would pay.
Of the 58 colleges in the system, only Pamlico Community College lost money on educating illegal students.
The state's community college system is attempting to establish guidelines for admitting students without proper documents following a confusing exchange of memos and policies last year.
"The awkwardness of the situation is we've had four policy shifts in the past seven years," said Dr. Stuart Fountain, chairman of the board's policy committee.
The committee is in the early stages of formulating a policy that will be used by all 58 community colleges.
A full written report from JBL Associates is due in April.
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