Education: Report Card

¶ After questioning 1,200 U.S. colleges & universities, the U.S. Office of Education reported that there are enough scholarships and fellowships available to provide one for every 20 students at a total cost of more than $36 million a year. But, says the report, too many of the scholarships are arbitrarily limited. Examples: scholar, ships for 1) a descendant of a Confederate soldier, 2) a descendant of an Alaskan pioneer, 3) a student surnamed Stanley, 4) a Negro preparing to be a missionary in West Africa.

¶ Two big campuses started on another round...

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