Kate Brumback, Associated PressStudentsGeorgia Appeals Court Rules Against Immigrants Over In-state TuitionATLANTA — Immigrants who have been granted temporary status to stay in the U.S. will have to keep paying out-of-state tuition after an appeals court ruled against them, saying state colleges and universities in Georgia aren’t required to let them pay in-state tuition. Georgia’s state colleges and universities require verification of “lawful presence” in the […]October 25, 2017StudentsImmigrants Who Challenged In-state Tuition Policy Win CaseATLANTA — A judge says the Georgia university system must allow immigrants to pay in-state tuition if they’ve been granted temporary permission by the federal government to stay in the U.S. Georgia’s state colleges and universities require verification of “lawful presence” in the U.S. for in-state tuition. The Board of Regents had said students with […]January 3, 2017StudentsGeorgia Court: Immigrants Can’t Sue State Agency on TuitionATLANTA ― Georgia’s highest court on Monday ruled against a group of young people who were brought to the U.S. illegally as children and wanted access to in-state tuition at the state’s colleges and universities. However, the court decision hinged not on their immigration status, but on whether they were legally allowed to sue the […]February 1, 2016HomeImmigrants Seeking In-state Tuition Want Court to Hear CaseA group of young people brought to the U.S. illegally as children is asking Georgia’s highest court to overturn the dismissal of a lawsuit they filed seeking access to in-state tuition at the state’s colleges and universities.October 11, 2015HomeAtlanta’s Emory Apologizes for Anti-SemitismUnder dental school dean John Buhler from 1948 to 1961, about 65 percent of Jewish students were flunked out or forced to repeat courses.October 11, 2012African-AmericanEmory University African-American Studies Expert Rudolph Byrd DiesDr. Rudolph Byrd was known among academic colleagues as an excellent scholar who believed that the key to change was education.October 23, 2011StudentsUndocumented Immigrant Student in Georgia Hopes Case Helps Spur ReformWhen Jessica Colotl, an undocumented immigrant college student, got arrested for a minor traffic violation at her suburban Atlanta campus, she became an accidental poster child for immigration reform.May 16, 2010Page 1 of 1
