Duke university ends blacks only scholarship program
(www.dukechronicle.com)
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Are private scholarships still allowed? I remember in high school hearing about a scholarship for red heads for instance. I don’t see anything wrong with a private benefactor setting up a scholarship for whatever they choose. Glad this scholarship ended because you shouldn’t have that at a public institution. Granted I know there are a lot of things like this all over the country
Duke is a private university, but it does receive federal money by way of federal student loans. I suspect it gets other public money as well, but it’s not a public university.
As for other scholarships, no clue, but I’d hope no scholarship or opportunity is ever gated on someone’s race. If Asians get most scholarships, so be it.
A private scholarship outside of the school itself can be set up for anyone for any reason. You could have a scholarship for whoever has the nicest dog to showcase that year.
I was just saying if you can have a black only then you should have scholarships across the board. But I agree I’d rather see merit based