Columbia Had ‘Whites-Only’ Scholarship
Nice to know Columbia was doing their own part for affirmative action—oh never mind. Columbia University still has a “whites-only” scholarship on its books—and it may even be illegal, according to papers filed in a Manhattan court. Benefactor Lydia C. Roberts, the heir to her husband’s medical patents company, had left the bulk of her $509,000 estate to Columbia in 1920,
but she stipulated the student who receives the scholarship must be white, from Iowa, not be studying law (we might understand that one), and must return to Iowa for two years after graduating. Oh and none of the stipulations can be changed without a court order.
The scholarship, now estimated to be worth about $800,000, has not been given out since 1997, and it’s unclear if Columbia followed all the rules in the years it gave it out.
Read it at New York Post
May 15, 2013 7:08 AM
complete article:
http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/whites_only_columbia_hock_Dnm0d3xAOPX0dywjWHFL3L
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