Federal Student Aid Policies Under Fire: Department of Education to Reconsider Race-Based Grant Rules In a significant shift, the U.S. Department of Education has announced plans to overhaul its rules governing federal student grants, specifically those based on race. The move comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Young America's Foundation (YAF), which challenged the department's policies as discriminatory. The YAF's motion to dismiss, filed on Tuesday, has prompted the Department of Education to re-examine its approach to allocating grants based on applicants' racial backgrounds. As the education sector awaits further details on the proposed changes, advocates on both sides of the issue are bracing for the potential implications of this decision.
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) ...
