This Black Family Is Moving Its $1 Million Scholarship From UNC Wilmington Over Anti-DEI Changes

This Black Family Is Moving Its $1 Million Scholarship From UNC Wilmington Over Anti-DEI Changes

A scholarship at one of North Carolina’s universities is being pulled from the school after the university’s anti-DEI policies sought to prevent the money from being targeted to Black students. As the school’s “equality” changes threaten additional resources for Black and other minority students, a major HBCU may benefit from UNCW’s loss. UNC system targets African American scholarship as part of new ‘equality’ changes The Upperman family has an…

Upperman Family Moves Scholarship Endowment to Howard University

Source: The Washington Post / Getty A family that has funded scholarships for African American students at the University of North Carolina Wilmington for nearly 30 years is moving its endowment to Howard University after refusing to change scholarship language to comply with new state policy. The scholarship honors the late Dr. Leroy W. Upperman, a prominent Wilmington physician. The endowment, valued at roughly $1 million, distributes about $4…