According to an article published Thursday in the Grand Rapids Press, Grand Valley State University (GVSU) is altering one of its largest scholarships to comply with the anti-affirmative action Proposal 2 that passed last month. The scholarship, known as the Bert Price scholarship, will no longer be able make race “a key consideration” in determining who receives the scholarship. Instead, the university is considering new rules including financial need and whether or not an applicant is a first-generation college student. GVSU--who funds the Bert Price scholarship--awarded $5.7 million from the scholarship fund to 825 students of color this year. Other donor and federal-funded scholarships will not be affected because they do not come out of the university budget. However, changes in the Bert Price scholarship may affect diversity on the campus where only twelve percent of the student body are students of color.
The article also mentions that a review of thirty race and gender-based scholarships at Grand Rapids Community College are unlikely to be affected since they are donor-funded.
