Students worry about fate of some race-based scholarships after end of affirmative action

When Royce Griffin weighed his college options two years ago, scholarship offers played a big part in his decision.

Griffin, who is Black and hails from Jackson, Mississippi, chose the University of Missouri in large part because it offered him a scholarship that covered more than $20,000 a year in out-of-state tuition costs. Known as the Diversity Award, it’s a scholarship given to high-achieving students from racial or ethnic backgrounds that are underrepresented at the university....
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