He beat Romney 36 percent to 30 percent among voters who said illegal immigration is the most important issue despite being pounded with commercials critical of his support for in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrants in Arkansas.
For years, CU, with about 24, 000 undergraduates, managed to keep in-state tuition cheaper than at many comparable universities in other states, in part by keeping a close eye on administrative costs.
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While Salazar acknowledged voting against a state bill that would have prohibited illegal immigrants from receiving in-state tuition status, his campaign said he did not support amnesty for illegal immigrants.
Many states allocate revenue each year to subsidize the cost of in-state tuition for their residents.
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Tuitions were adjusted to factor in those students paying in-state tuition at public schools.
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The lower the existing in-state tuition, the more that students are sitting ducks for budget cutters.
The difference: Mitt Romney stood up and vetoed in-state tuition for illegal aliens, opposed driver's licenses for illegals.
This was a statute enacted a few sessions ago permitting children of Texas veterans to go to public college in the state tuition-free.
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Mike Huckabee supported in-state tuition benefits for illegal immigrants.
He then angered many Republicans when he said in a recent TV debate that anyone who opposed his policy as Texas governor of giving in-state tuition to illegal immigrants' children was heartless.
The criticism would probably focus on Perry's many years in public office and his support in 2001 for allowing undocumented immigrants to attend college or universities in Texas at in-state tuition rates, he said.
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Republican lawmakers introduced over 100 immigration-related bills in the past legislative session, including measures to deny cheaper in-state college tuition to the children of illegal immigrants and to overturn laws in several Texas cities that offered refuge to undocumented workers.
According to Child Care Aware of America, in 36 states the average annual cost of having a kid in daycare now exceeds in-state college tuition.
Hamilton and Armstrong have also written an upcoming book, called Paying for the Party: How College Maintains Inequality, where they expand on their dorm experience and describe how cuts in state funding of higher education have resulted in state schools relying on more tuition dollars.
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Out-of-state families typically pay two-to-five times what in-state students pay for tuition.
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In some cases, state tuition has risen so much that costs approach what students might pay at a private college.
In most of the 20 states that offer these plans, the guarantee depends on the state fund being able to invest the cash and produce a return equal to the increase in tuition set by the state.
Prepaid plans generally provide a return that equals the increase in tuition at the state's colleges (nationally, that's averaged 6% over the past five years).
It called for greater attention to cuts in state funding to education and rising tuition.
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If your children are older and you live in a state with a strong prepaid tuition plan, that may be a good option to consider.
Gore, who earlier had outlined other education initiatives, said his proposal to expand the National Tuition Savings Plan would be portable, allowing parents to use the pre-paid tuition money in the state of their choice.
So the Dearing committee has some justification in arguing that, even after the introduction of tuition fees, state spending on higher education should continue to grow in line with national income, and that this would be a wise investment.
In Kentucky, higher tuition prices make up for just half of the loss in state funding, said Robert King, president of the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, which oversees the state's system.
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Meantime, at four-year public colleges and universities, tuition and fees for in-state students rose 4.8% in the 2012-13 academic year, the smallest increase since 2000-01, according to the College Board.
The top 33.3 percent could find a place in one of the California State Universities, which were also tuition-free.
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And state budget cuts have been among the largest factor in tuition hikes at public colleges over the past decade.
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You've just kicked off a college tuition program that will assist the low-income high schoolers in your state of North Carolina to pay for college.
The state has cut its investment in higher education by close to 50 percent since 1980, forcing tuition increases like the 60 percent rise at the University of California from 2004 to 2008, which was followed by a 32 percent rise between 2009 and 2011.
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