Just days before Republicans gather for their national convention in Tampa, Fla., party leaders have adopted a platform that would cut off federal financing to colleges and universities that permit illegal immigrants to pay tuition at the same lower rates as state residents, according to The New York Times.

Read more in The Chronicle of Higher Education: http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/gop-would-deny-funds-to-colleges-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-pay-in-state-tuition/47426?cid=at&utm_source=at&utm_medium=en