February 23, 2007
Dow Jones Fund Opens Journalism Programs to White Students After Lawsuit
The Dow Jones Newspaper Fund has agreed to cease operating summer journalism programs solely for minority students in response to a lawsuit filed by an advocacy group critical of affirmative action.
As part of a legal settlement announced last week, the fund, which had been operating more than 20 programs for minority high-school students in connection with colleges, agreed to open up the programs to members of any racial or ethnic group and to rename the programs to drop references to
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