Federal Student Aid Policies Under Review: Racial Preferences to be Scrutinized In a significant development, the U.S. Department of Education has announced plans to revise its rules governing the awarding of federal student grants based on race. This move comes in response to a lawsuit filed by the Young America's Foundation (YAF), which had challenged the department's use of racial preferences in its grant distribution process. The YAF's complaint alleged that these practices were discriminatory and unfair, and the Department of Education's decision to revisit its policies suggests that the organization's concerns may have merit. The changes are expected to have far-reaching implications for students and institutions of higher education, and could potentially alter the way federal student aid is allocated in the future.
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) ...
