Department of Education Sued Over Race-Based Criteria in PhD Grant Program

Published on September 4, 2024

A lawsuit filed against the Department of Education alleges that the department uses unconstitutional racial criteria for a grant program. The suit, filed on Aug. 27 by the Young America’s Foundation (YAF) and two university students, claims that the Department of Education is discriminating against certain racial groups in its McNair Postbaccalaureate Achievement Program. The grant program is a $60 million initiative designed to support students from disadvantaged backgrounds in pursuing doctoral studies and was named after a black scientist who died in the Space Shuttle Challenger explosion. The lawsuit, filed in district court in the District of North Dakota alleges that the program, which aims to increase the number of PhDs from underrepresented segments of society, excludes Asians, whites, Arabs, many Latinos, and some Africans unless they meet a “two-prong exception”—being both low-income and the first in their families to attend college....

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