April 8, 2005
Brazil Offers Incentives for Private Universities to Give Scholarships to Needy Students
Hoping to improve access to higher education, Brazil is giving tax incentives to private universities that provide scholarships to needy students, with added incentives for those who are indigenous or Afro-Brazilian. Such people are far less likely to attend Brazilian universities than white students are.
The Universities for All program, known as ProUni, finished selecting its first batch of students this year. Brazil's high-school graduates number about 1.9 million a year, and only 9
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