Linked by David Adams on Wed 6th Apr 2005 20:21 UTC
This month's Wired magazine has a terriffic story about a team of students from a high school in an economically depressed part of Phoenix, who took part in an underwater-robot building competition against students from the top universities in the country -- and won. All of the students are undocumented Mexican immigrants who don't qualify for most financial aid or even in-state tuition, and therefore can't afford to attend college, in the US, Mexico, or anywhere. When I read the article I determined to try to do something to help give these kids their chance, and I was delighted to discover that their faculty advisor has set up a scholarship fund for them, and I'm about to donate some money to help. I'd like to encourage OSNews readers to read the story, and if they feel the same way, to donate.
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Your taxes subsidize students who get in-state tuition and pell grants, which is one of the reasons why these guys don't qualify. I'm not saying that their parents were right to bing them across the border illegally, but here they are, and they have the chance to become productive, tax-paying members of society instead of existing in a black market economy and providing little benefit.
And you could qualify for a student loan only because of special government-backed exception to the regular rules that state that you need to be employed and have a good credit history to borrow money. These guys don't qualify for student loans either, though the restrictions placed on them by this scholarship fund are going to be pretty stringent.