In response to the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico, the University of Central Florida will allow students who are residents of Puerto Rico, and are displaced from their homes, to qualify for in-state tuition.<\/p>\n
The UCF Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday morning to allow these students to be eligible for in-state tuition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a compassionate way to help our students, and I fully support it,\u201d UCF President John C. Hitt said.<\/p>\n
UCF is supporting Gov. Rick Scott\u2019s commitment to help Puerto Rico recover from Maria. In a Sept. 26 letter, Gov. Scott encouraged Florida universities and state colleges to \u201callow any student who has been displaced from their home in Puerto Rico by Hurricane Maria to be eligible for in-state tuition.\u201d<\/p>\n
As of Sept. 27, about 120 UCF students list their residencies as being in Puerto Rico and are eligible for in-state tuition rates.<\/p>\n
Said UCF Board of Trustees Chairman Marcos Marchena: \u201cThis sends a very strong message about the governor\u2019s commitment and this board\u2019s commitment to assist our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico.\u201d<\/p>\n
UCF will soon contact eligible students about this new option. Students with questions can call the UCF Registrar\u2019s Office at 407-823-5510.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In response to the ongoing crisis in Puerto Rico, the University of Central Florida will allow students who are residents of Puerto Rico, and are displaced from their homes, to qualify for in-state tuition. The UCF Board of Trustees voted unanimously Wednesday morning to allow these students to be eligible for in-state tuition. \u201cThis is a compassionate way to help…","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":78986,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[517,2238,2270,2955],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-78985","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colleges","tag-board-of-trustees","tag-hurricanes","tag-impact","tag-marcos-marchena"],"yoast_head":"\n