UChicago retracts no-whites allowed med school stipend program

The University of Chicago’s medical school changed its stipend program that excluded white students after a foundation warned that it could be in violation of federal law.

The program was directed toward “those who identify as Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Native Americans (American Indians, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians), and Asian (Hmong, Vietnamese, Laotian, and Filipino).”

The Foundation Against Intolerance & Racism challenged the legality of the program in a letter the organization sent to the school.