Insight Into Diversity
JULY 10, 2024
Universities across the country are revising or ending certain financial aid criteria and scholarships in response to the U.S. Supreme Court’s 2023 rulings against race-conscious admissions in higher education. Critics argue that such scholarships disadvantage White students by favoring certain racial groups.
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 3, 2024
Denying a student the chance to compete for a scholarship based on their skin color is not only discriminatory but also demeaning and unconstitutional,” he said in a statement , “At YAF, we proudly defend our students’ right to be judged on their merit and abilities, not on race.”
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
APRIL 15, 2024
Duke University is discontinuing its Reginaldo Howard Memorial Scholarship Program, a program for top applicants of African descent. Dr. Candis Watts Smith The decision comes in the wake of the 2023 U.S. No application is required for the scholarship, which pays full tuition, room, and board.
The PIE News
AUGUST 30, 2023
The number of international students enrolled at institutions in Australia is largely back to pre-pandemic level, hitting some 683,000 in May 2023, but it remains unclear whether the country is heading towards a boom, analysts have said. Currently, 33 universities in the country are offering scholarships internationally.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 31, 2024
Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights discrimination complaint resolution procedures — objects to the university creating, supporting, and promoting the eligibility criterion for the George Floyd Memorial Scholarship, a four-year, full-tuition scholarship.
Insight Into Diversity
SEPTEMBER 5, 2024
Brooks scholarship transformed his life. The scholarship, which covered 70% of his tuition, was created to support students from underrepresented groups. Brown’s personal experience highlights the broader concern that eliminating these scholarships could deepen racial and financial inequalities.
The PIE News
JANUARY 2, 2024
So when he received a fully-funded scholarship to study over 3,000 miles away at the University of Edinburgh, he couldn’t believe it – and, at first, his family didn’t. “My Ngwambe is one of the nearly 45,000 young Africans who has received a scholarship from the Mastercard Foundation. “I My mum thought it was a scam,” he laughs. “It
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