Over the last several decades, postsecondary institutions have increasingly enrolled out-of-state and international nonresident students. The increase in out-of-state enrollment has important implications for state higher education funding and policy. Public institutions, particularly research institutions, increased nonresident student enrollment…

States have always had the ability to regulate institutions conducting instruction or other postsecondary activities in their states. In Fall 2010, a Federal regulation was first released tying institutional and student eligibility for Title IV Federal Financial aid to an institution complying with State laws. Colleges and universities were to be…

Parents, guardians, caregivers and school administrators will sometimes disagree over whether a student may enroll in or continue to attend a public school based on his or her place of residence. The information in this manual is designed to help parents, guardians and caregivers understand New Jersey's public school residency rules and to inform…

In 2013, the North Carolina General Assembly tasked state education agencies with creating a centralized residency determination process that allows a third party to determine students' eligibility for in-state-resident tuition. This system, called the Residency Determination Service (RDS), supplanted the existing structure in which individual…

The purpose of the "BC K-12 International Student Homestay Guidelines" is to provide consistent, province-wide best practice standards for B.C.'s K-12 homestay sector. These "Guidelines" consider short-term and long-term homestay placements of K-12 students as determined by B.C. international student programs or by professional…

WUE is the Western Undergraduate Exchange, a program coordinated by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in Western states may enroll in participating two-year and four-year public college programs at a reduced tuition level: up to 150 percent of the institution's regular resident tuition. In all…

This article describes the Development, Relief, and Educational for Alien Minors Act of 2009 or the "DREAM Act of 2009." The authors of the bill aim to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation…

The importance of school attendance in relation to achievement, engagement, and educational success has been well researched and documented. As a result, the general philosophy is that the more time students are in school, the better chance they have to be personally and academically successful. Students miss school for myriad reasons. While some…

Reviews some of the circumstances that have prompted North Carolina to modify its parent-residence rule and shows how the state deals with pupil-assignment problems. (Author/IRT)

Home and social services, financial aids, information and referral, counseling, and special housing information for older adults are offered by the Senior Services Center in Palo Alto, California, including a guide to housing and alternative living and a rental housing directory. (MF)

Data on all applicants to U.S. medical schools were analyzed to find how applicant characteristics affected the probability of admission, particularly the function of state of residence separately for majority and minority group applicants. Discriminant analysis and empirical Bayes methods were used, and the differences were discussed. (Author/CTM)

Considers the North Carolina statutes that define the process for admitting students to public schools and ensuring their attendance. Examines cases relating to issues of school admission and compulsory attendance. (MLF)

Detailed data collected on the utilization of residence hall facilities during the fall of 1987 (for the 14th annual survey) are provided. Also included are summary data for fall 1978 through fall 1987. All state-operated/funded institutions which have residence hall facilities are included in the study. The methodology used in the study was…

This report provides background information for a statewide review of out-of-state/out-of-country fees charged by California's community colleges. First, introductory comments indicate that the community colleges determine student residency through the dual criteria of physical presence and intent to become a resident. While similar criteria are…

The results of the annual survey of the geographic origins, or permanent residence, of students attending institutions of the State University of New York (SUNY) during the Fall 1987 term are presented. All credit course students and all institutions of the SUNY system are included. This first of three volumes presents three distinct types of…