The Precollege Scholarship Program will be expanded to serve more students from disadvantaged backgrounds, such as Iris, but race will no longer be a criterion. The decision to change the program came last year as the result of a reverse-discrimination complaint that will affect students coming into the program as of July 1. The program’s shift has met differing views. Some believe the change will reduce the number of minority students who get a chance at a college education, while others say the fight for equal rights is no longer based on race, but class.
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