The Tufts Daily:After Supreme Court rulings, minority only scholarships still legal

n the wake of the June 2003 Supreme Court rulings regarding affirmative action, conservative groups such as the Center for Equal Opportunity (CEO) are still concerned about minority scholarship funds like Tufts' Pritzker fund.
The fund was recently started by new Trustee Karen Pritzker and husband Daniel (A'81) and will match dollar for dollar any money given towards minority scholarships up to $5 million. The grant stresses that it serves specifically "undergraduate African American, Hispanic American and Native American students from underprivileged backgrounds."
Funding minority-only scholarships is entirely legal. "Individuals who choose to invest their own money in causes and opportunities that are meaningful to them are not restricted by affirmative action rules," Public Relations director Siobhan Houton said.