Tag / scholarship
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Boycotting Rhodes
In 2000, Professor Kwaw “Andreas Woods” Imana stepped up to the podium to give the valedictorian speech at Morehouse College’s graduation. Morehouse is a private all-male historically black college, and it has produced the most black male Rhodes Scholars in the world. To the audience’s surprise and raucous support, Professor Imana revealed during his speech…
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Prioritizing the Accessibility of a Wash U Education
A WU/FUSED EDITORIAL In August 2013, the White House announced a plan for a new college rating system based on accessibility, affordability, and graduation(?) outcomes. The rankings, which would serve as a basis for federal allocations of student aid, would use metrics such as tuition affordability, percent of students receiving Pell grants, loan debt, graduation…