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Education Department to nix race-based criteria for McNair program
The Education Department will remove race-based rules from the McNair Program to comply with a Justice Department opinion and resolve a lawsuit, after distributing $60 million in 2024.
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ED to Roll Back McNair Grant’s Race-Based Criteria
The decision ends a lawsuit from a conservative student group and will open up the doctoral grant program that originally targeted underrepresented students. The Education Department plans to eliminate any race-based eligibility criteria for the McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement award, a $60 million grant program designed to increase access to doctorate-level degrees.
·Washington, United States
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