Education Department scraps Biden-era race-based rules for doctoral degree grants

Source: New York Post

WASHINGTON — The Education Department has agreed not to enforce Biden-era rules in a federal grant program aimed at growing the number of underrepresented students obtaining doctoral degrees. The guidelines for the Ronald E. McNair Post-Baccalaureate Achievement Program had prompted a lawsuit from the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL), which the group has dropped after reaching a written agreement with the Trump administration.