Some financial aid meant for minority students is on the line after the Supreme Court struck down affirmative action.
The Supreme Court’s recent decision to block affirmative action — preventing colleges from using race as one of many factors when evaluating applicants for admission — may also block scholarships and grants intended for minority students, even though the ruling did not extend to financial aid.
More institutions could follow suit, and not just because of political leanings. “If states and schools are looking at their legal budgets, and they’re saying, ‘look, we don’t want to be sued,’ the safer thing to do would be what Missouri is doing,” says Dwayne Kwaysee Wright, an assistant professor of higher education administration and director of diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives at George Washington University.
“We know that there’s a racial wealth gap in this country,” says Wil Del Pilar, senior vice president of The Education Trust, an organization that works to dismantle racial and economic barriers in the American education system. “So if we’re going to limit access to resources that help people make college affordable, then we can expect to see decreases in enrollment.”
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