Marine Told He’s No Resident
August 18th, 2005Here we have a Texas Marine who has served not one tour but two tours in Iraq and here is the education system spitting in his face.
Carl Basham (search) said officials at Austin Community College recently told him that he lost his Texas resident’s status because of the years he spent out of state on two tours of duty in Iraq.
Not having the in-state designation would mean paying around $2600 a semester in tuition, instead of about $500.
This just galls me to no end, once again our servicemen and women are going to be slapped in the face by these Educational Institutions? I think we need to stand up as a nation and demand that our Government immediately withdraw all federal funding from both this Austin Community College and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
I say if ANY Educational Institution refuses ANYTHING to ANY of our returning soldiers then we should (as an example to all of the institutions) shut them down permanently!
I don’t care if it’s friggen Harvard, M.I.T., Berkley or any of them, NONE should be omitted from being held accountable!
And if our Government does not have the backbone to do it then maybe it’s time for the American People to stand up and file the worlds largest class action lawsuit in all of history. Or even better BOYCOTT THEIR ASSES!
Update
Here is the contact form for Austin Community College
Click the link and let them know how you feel!
