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Are race-conscious scholarships on their way out?

  • Written by Jeffrey C. Sun, Distinguished University Professor of Higher Education and Law, University of Louisville
imageSome colleges and universities have put race-based scholarships on hold.Carlos Barquero via Getty Images

The fate of hundred of millions of dollars in scholarship money is up in the air in Ohio after seven state universities put race-conscious programs on hold to check their legality. The review comes after Dave Yost, the state’s attorney...

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