Duke ends full-ride scholarship program for select Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling

Duke ends full-ride scholarship program for select Black students in wake of affirmative action ruling

The scholarship is named in honor of Reginaldo “Reggie” Howard, Duke’s first Black student government president who died in an automobile accident during his sophomore year in 1976. 

Duke ends full-ride scholarship program only open to ‘African’ students

45-year-old program paid full tuition, room and board Duke University will no longer exclude white, Hispanic, Asian, and Latino students from a special scholarship that pays for tuition and room and board. The Reginaldo Howard scholarship will be converted into a leadership initiative and be open to all students. Previously, only students of “African descent” were allowed to apply for the… Source