July 4, 2003

Court Rulings May Open the Door for More Use of Race in Student Aid

By Sara Hebel

Washington

When Texas' attorney general told the state's public colleges in 1996 that they should no longer consider race in awarding scholarships, many higher-education leaders were outraged. They considered financial aid one of their best recruitment tools for minority students in the wake of a federal appeals court's decision banning the use of affirmative action in admissions. Indeed, many of the officials felt that the attorney general's interpretation was overly broad.

Seven years later,

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