Immigration rights furthured by University organization
FIU’s Students Working for Equal Rights celebrated becoming Florida’s first public college to offer an out-of-state tuition waiver for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students.
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State grants in-state tuition for undocumented students
While the University became the first public institution in Florida to offer a non-resident tuition waiver to undocumented students during Fall 2013, SB 1400 makes this policy a statewide standard as of July 1, 2014.
Battle continues to secure tuition equity in Florida
Although Miami Dade College and FIU remain the only educational institutions in the state that waive out-of-state tuition fees for undocumented students, FIU only does so for those eligible for DACA, a fact that has led state government officials to tackle opposition in an effort to secure tuition equity for all undocumented students.
Undocumented Panthers continue fight for tuition equity
Despite the doors that have been opened by the tuition waiver for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals students, the battle for tuition equity is still being fought.
SWER holds meeting to inform community on new immigration policy
Barbara Corbellini Duarte / FIUSM Staff Students Working for Equal Rights held a forum on June 27 to provide information about the policy that President…
SOBE Wine and Food 2012
FIUSM goes inside the South Beach Wine and Food Festival 2012’s Whole Food Market Grand Tasting Village.
