Pima College votes to approve 4.4 percent tuition rise

Most students at Pima Community College will pay 4.4 percent more to go to school this fall.

Regents may cut fees for 'Dreamers'

PHOENIX - The Arizona Board of Regents will start the process next month to see if there are ways that some illegal-immigrant "Dreamers" can qualify for lower tuition than they now have to pay.

Universities back tuition breaks

Ann Weaver Hart, president of the University of Arizona

Universities back tuition breaks

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Universities back tuition breaks

Northern Arizona University president

Universities back tuition breaks

The presidents of Arizona's three public universities are voicing support for tuition breaks for immigrants who entered the country illegally as children and now are protected from deportation.

UA students facing tuition hikes of 5 percent for next several years

Students at the University of Arizona could face tuition hikes of 5 percent a year for the next several years unless the state starts restoring some of the millions cut from higher education during the recession, university leaders heard Friday.

Catholic enrollments slip; Latino representation down

Pablo Monreal is senior at San Miguel High School, one of the Catholic schools in Tucson without an enrollment problem.

Catholic enrollments slip; Latino representation down

Brother Chris Patiño teaches the Holy Trinity and early heresy to a freshman religion class at San Miguel High School.

Catholic enrollments slip; Latino representation down

Freshman Bairont Quintero, 14, adds to his lunch at the San Miguel cafeteria. The poor economy and competition from charter schools has eroded enrollment at some Catholic high schools in Tucson.

Catholic enrollments slip; Latino representation down

Here, in this school on Tucson's south side, lie the hopes of the Diocese of Tucson for a Catholic education. Hailed nationwide, San Miguel High School belongs to the Cristo Rey Network, a group of schools dedicated to teaching low-income students by enrolling them in an innovative part-time…

Third ruling backs Santa Cruz in case over Pima Community College payments

Pima Community College now has three strikes against it in its fight to collect $1 million-plus a year from taxpayers in a tiny neighboring county.

UA tuition won't go up for in-state undergrads

For the first time in two decades, tuition won't rise this fall for in-state undergraduates at the University of Arizona.

Regents OK tuition freeze for most UA students

For the first time in years, tuition won’t go up this fall for in-state undergraduates at the University of Arizona.

Brewer rejects expansion of private-school vouchers

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer vetoed an expansion of a program to use state funds to send children to private schools, saying the move goes too far.

UA proposes no fee hike for freshmen from Ariz.

The University of Arizona is backing off its earlier proposal to increase tuition by 2.7 percent for in-state freshmen who start school this fall.

AT&T gives $800K for Catholic school scholarships

An $800,000 donation from AT&T will provide scholarships for about 300 Tucson children to attend one of three area Catholic schools.

Minimum-tuition mandate pulled

PHOENIX - Students at the state's three universities are no longer in danger of having pay at least $2,000 of their tuition out-of-pocket.

New law increases tax credits for private, parochial schools

PHOENIX - Gov. Jan Brewer signed legislation Wednesday to allow individuals to divert more money they would otherwise owe the state to help children attend private and parochial schools.

Bill sets minimum tuition at $2K a year

PHOENIX - Students at Arizona's three state universities will have to pay at least $2,000 a year to get an education under terms of legislation approved by a House panel Wednesday.