Former ‘Post’ Owner Starts $25-Million College Fund for Illegal Immigrants

Former Washington Post owner Donald E. Graham is launching a $25-million fund aimed at providing access to higher education to students who were brought into the country illegally as children, the Post writes.

TheDream.US plans to award full-tuition scholarships to 1,000 such students, a group that has become known as “dreamers,” in the next academic year. These students are not eligible for Pell grants and other federal college aid. “I’m not wise enough to know what is the right immigration policy for the United States of America,” said Mr. Graham. “I know these students deserve a chance at higher education.”

Mr. Graham and his brother, Bill, have made undisclosed donations to the fund, which has also received grants from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Bloomberg Philanthropies, and other donors. The organization will focus on students who want to pursue nursing, teaching, computer science, and business.