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UNC lacks Latino funds
By Greg Smith and Ariel Zirulnick | January 31UNC-Chapel Hill's Scholars' Latino Initiative can help its high school participants get into college, but it can't help them pay their way. Undocumented immigrants, who comprise 50 percent of the students mentored through SLI, currently are required to pay out-of-state tuition and are not eligible for financial aid. According to UNC-system policy, undocumented immigrants are not eligible for merit- or need-based university, state or federal financial aid and must pay out-of-state tuition.
