Arizona State University has reclassified 207 students from “in state” to “out of state” because they couldn’t prove they were living in the United States legally. As a result, those students are being charged much higher tuition, according to an article today in the East Valley Tribune.

That move comes just days after it was reported that the University of Arizona had reclassified 119 students to “out of state” as a result of Proposition 300, which requires public colleges and universities to confirm the status of students paying in-state tuition (The Chronicle, January 1).

In-state students pay $4,821 tuition this academic year at Arizona State — less than a third of the amount out-of-state and foreign students pay.

At Arizona State, many of students who were charged the higher tuition got some help from the ASU Foundation, an independent fund-raising group that handed out $1.8-million in private scholarships, the newspaper reported. That’s enough for about 150 full-time students. —Katherine Mangan