"Federal Student Aid Policy Under Fire: Department of Education to Reconsider Race-Based Grant Rules In a major shift in federal education policy, the U.S. Department of Education has announced plans to revise its rules governing the distribution of student grants based on race. The move comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Young America's Foundation (YAF), which challenged the Department's practice of giving preferential treatment to minority students in the allocation of federal Pell Grants. The YAF's lawsuit, which argues that the policy is discriminatory and unconstitutional, has sparked intense debate about the role of affirmative action in higher education. As the Department of Education prepares to revise its rules, advocates on both sides of the issue are bracing for a contentious battle over the future of federal student aid."
The U.S. Department of Education will change race-based rules regarding federal student grants after a legal notice was released Tuesday. In a motion to dismiss, the Young America's Foundation (YAF) ...
