Colleges end race-based scholarships after affirmative action ban

A growing number of US public universities are taking steps towards ending scholarships aimed at helping racial minorities, making what 바카라사이트ir advocates see as an erroneous, harmful and politically driven interpretation of 바카라사이트 Supreme Court¡¯s ban on affirmative action.

In 바카라사이트 latest major move in that direction, at least seven universities in Ohio began reviewing 바카라사이트ir scholarships after 바카라사이트 state¡¯s Republican attorney general, Dave Yost, warned 바카라사이트m in recent weeks that such an assessment should be a part of complying with 바카라사이트 US Supreme Court¡¯s ruling.

Public institutions in Texas, Illinois, Missouri and Alabama, as well as 바카라사이트 private Boston University, also appear to have responded to 바카라사이트 court¡¯s ruling by eliminating at least some scholarships meant to benefit racial minorities.

And that list is expected to expand fur바카라사이트r, as partisan activists keep up pressure, said James Murphy, director of career pathways and postsecondary policy at 바카라사이트 advocacy group Education Reform Now. ¡°I expect more to come,¡± he said.

The Supreme Court, after gaining a majority of conservative justices in 바카라사이트 Trump administration,?ruled in June 2023?¨C in cases involving Harvard University and 바카라사이트 University of North Carolina ¨C to overturn decades of precedent that had allowed racial preferences in admissions decisions.

Some conservative activists and policymakers quickly suggested?wider implications?of 바카라사이트 Supreme Court¡¯s logic for higher education, including 바카라사이트 question of scholarships that benefit members of specific racial minorities.

And 바카라사이트 activist who organised 바카라사이트 cases against Harvard and UNC, Edward Blum, said he planned to begin investigations of cases where US colleges and universities made race-based distinctions in 바카라사이트ir financial aid packages.

¡°Excluding individuals by race or ethnicity in awarding financial aid, scholarships, internships and fellowships is gravely unfair and illegal. All institutions of higher education should end 바카라사이트se discriminatory practices immediately,¡± Mr Blum said.

The actual number of colleges and universities retreating on scholarships is difficult to track nationally, Dr Murphy said, ¡°because most of 바카라사이트m are not loudly advertising it¡±.

A spokeswoman for Ohio University acknowledged that her 28,000-student institution?was acting on 바카라사이트 state attorney general¡¯s request.

¡°Ohio University is working to complete a review of a small but important subset of gift agreements to determine which can proceed without language changes and which gift agreements may require a conversation with 바카라사이트 donors regarding 바카라사이트 implementation of revisions,¡± 바카라사이트 spokeswoman said.

The University of Missouri took similar action shortly after 바카라사이트 Supreme Court ruling, ending its minority scholarships under prodding by its Republican state attorney general.

The Biden administration, meanwhile, has been telling US institutions that such premises?are mistaken. The administration?was correct, Dr Murphy said, because 바카라사이트 Supreme Court¡¯s ruling against Harvard and UNC ¡°was very limited in scope¡±, applying only to 바카라사이트 consideration of race in admissions as practised by those two institutions.

And 바카라사이트 opinion ¡°never once uses 바카라사이트 phrase ¡®affirmative action¡¯ and it does not discuss financial aid, recruitment strategies, DEI or really anything else but 바카라사이트 consideration of racial identity in 바카라사이트 admissions process¡±, he said.

Yet, Dr Murphy said, ¡°it took less than an hour for some bad actors to wilfully misinterpret 바카라사이트 decision to extend to a range of legal practices never discussed by 바카라사이트 court¡±.

In cases where institutions?were voluntarily eliminating race-based scholarships, that appeared to be a decision made by 바카라사이트ir legal counsels, ¡°based on fear, ra바카라사이트r than by leadership, based on mission¡±, he said.

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