March 17, 2000

Education Dept. Will Award 39 Fellowships That Were Mistakenly Promised

By STEPHEN BURD

In a reversal, the Education Department decided last week that it would provide Jacob K. Javits Fellowships to 39 humanities students who were mistakenly told they had won the prestigious awards.

"We feel that it is the right thing to do given the mistake that was made," said Erica Lepping, a department spokeswoman.

Last month, an Education Department contractor sent letters to the students alerting them that they had won the Javits fellowships. The highly sought-after awards go

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