"North Carolina’s State Board of Community Colleges punted in the face of political pressure Friday, approving a 'comprehensive study' of the issue of enrolling illegal immigrants, while continuing its ban on their enrollment in the meantime," Inside Higher Ed reports. "Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, a member of the board and the Democratic candidate for governor, was behind the motion to maintain the ban while the study is underway. In a survey earlier this year, the system identified 112 undocumented students enrolled in the system’s 58 community colleges. Yet, despite the small numbers of illegal immigrants apparently enrolled - these students, classified as out-of-staters, paid prohibitively expensive tuition rates five times higher than the rate for legal North Carolina residents - the issue has exploded in this political season."

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