The gamecock. (Columbia, S.C.) 1908-2006, April 13, 1994, Page 2, Image 2
Education Depa
By College Press Service
WASHINGTON ? Colleges and universities
may use race-based scholarships
to remedy past discrimination or
diversify their student bodies, Education
Secretary Dick Riley said in announcing
a major reversal of policy
proposed by the previous Republican
administration.
"We want the doors to postsecondary
education to remain open for
minority students," Riley said. "This
policy helps to achieve that goal in a
manner that is consistent with the law.
We have taken into account the recent
GAO (General Accounting Office) report,
as well as extensive public comments,
and developed a policy that will
help ensure all students access to higher
education."
Unlike other minority scholarships,
for which any minority student is eligible,
race-specific scholarhips provide ^
financial aid for a targeted minority
group only. ^
University administrators and the Na- ei
tional Association for the Advancement - al
of Colored People say race-based ai
scholatships are important to promote
diversity on campuses.
David Warren, president of the National
Association of Independent Col- n:
leges and Universities, said he was w
pleased that the department had re- w
versed "the shortsighted policy of the
Busn administraton. I nat policy was "
not only legally flawed, it sent the
wrong message to thousands of Amer- re
ica's minority students and their fami- P
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The final policy guide issued by the
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apartment's Office of Civil Rights to
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nt of Education issued a policy which
!-specific scholarships would be
der the following conditions:
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t national origin, even if the awards go
sly to minority students.
sd on the basis of race and national
horized by a particular federal statute.
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discrimination.
3d on the basis of race or national origin
tailored to achieve a diverse student
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v race or national origin if used in a
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By Patrick Holland/The Gamecock
nancial aid, said race-specific scholarships
would be permissible under the
following conditions if:
Aid is awarded to disadvantaged students
without regard to race or national
origin, even if the awards go disproportionately
to minority students;
Aid is awarded on the basis of race
or national origin when authorized by
a particular federal statute, such as the
Patricia Roberts Harris Fellowship Program;
Aid is awarded on the basis of race
or national origin to remedy past discrimination;
Aid is awarded on the basis of race
or national origin if it is narrowly taiIk
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lored to achieve a diverse student
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Aid is accepted by a school from private
contributors and restricted by race
or national origin if used in a manner
consistent with principles in the guidelines.
The guidelines also replace old policy
by noting that postsecondary institutions
do not need a formal finding
before taking steps to remedy past discrimination.
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when the Bush administration proposed
that such scholarships should
be banned, although the Department
of Education, under former Secretary
Lamar Alexander, never took final steps
to carry out the policy.
The policy caused an uproar in Congress,
and after a House panel branded
the policy "legally unsupportable,"
implementation was put on hold until
a study by the General Accounting Of
nee was completed.
The GAO study released Jan. 14 es- J
timated that scholarships awarded on j
the basis of race represent about 3 per- 9
cent of all scholarships issued by undergraduate
and graduate schools, and
about 8.5 percent of scholarships issued
by professional schools.
The study also said some form of minority-targeted
aid was offered by nearly
two-thirds of postsecondary institutions
surveyed and was found to play
a vital role in providing access to higher
education for minority students.
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