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In early April 2016, multiple news outlets reported that Prescott College in Arizona was imposing a $30 fee on all students to fund scholarships for undocumented immigrants: Many articles omitted that this initiative was implemented at the behest of its students, and that they could opt out of it at any time. At least 50,000 undocumented people graduate from high school in the United States every year. Many go on to college, but are unable to legally work or receive federal assistance, such as grants and subsidized loans. However, they can receive college (and in some cases state) funds. Prescott College says it is the first four-year college in Arizona to implement an initiative to use student fees to help provide financial assistance for students without documentation, and only the second in the country to do so (the first was Chicago's Loyola University): Manning, a Prescott College student, started the Freedom Education Fund as her senior project specifically to raise money for students without documentation: However, Prescott College students are able to opt out of the fee each semester if they choose to do so. Manning told us:
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