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Related: About this forumTexas A&M to grant free tuition, room and board to its Ukrainian students
by Jason Beeferman, Texas TribuneUkrainian students across the Texas A&M University Systems 11 campuses and research centers will receive free tuition starting next semester, Chancellor John Sharp said Tuesday.
The university system will cover all tuition and fees, as well as certain living expenses, for the students. At least 14 students from Ukraine have been identified as eligible for the financial support so far, Associate Vice Chancellor Tim Eaton said. The number is likely to increase as more students are identified, he said.
The move is part of the universitys response to Russias invasion of Ukraine. Earlier this month, Texas A&M announced it would be cutting research ties with Russian entities and might do the same with study abroad and faculty exchange programs in Russia.
Our students from Ukraine are in a unique, sad and difficult position as their homeland is under attack, their family members are either fleeing to safety or fighting to save their countrys sovereignty, Sharp said in a Tuesday memo to the university systems presidents. In many cases, our students from Ukraine will no longer have homes to return to, and their parents remain unable to work ... or worse.
Read more: https://www.texastribune.org/2022/03/29/texas-am-ukraine-students-free-tuition/
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Texas A&M to grant free tuition, room and board to its Ukrainian students (Original Post)
TexasTowelie
Mar 2022
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SheltieLover
(58,600 posts)1. Excellent! 👏👏👏👏
sarge43
(29,105 posts)2. Good on you, A&M. Standing up for what's right.
Cheezoholic
(2,411 posts)3. Awesome, kudos to them
now lets make that commonplace for everyone!
Lonestarblue
(11,337 posts)4. I hope other universities quickly follow this lead.
gab13by13
(23,996 posts)5. Yeah but are they allowed to say "gay"?