Minority Scholarships Fall Victim To Fear Of Anti-affirmative Action Lawsuit (Diverse: Issues In Higher Education)
"Starting this fall, a scholarship created to boost Black student enrollment at Northeastern University will be open to White students, one of several policy changes the university has taken to avoid becoming the target of an anti-affirmative action lawsuit," Diverse: Issues In Higher Education reports. "The Boston institution is not alone. Numerous schools nationwide have chosen to open their once racially targeted scholarships to White students in an effort to avoid equal protection lawsuits."
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