Yale University will now provide financial assistance to students graduating from a local Connecticut high school to attend any historically Black colleges or universities of their choosing.
The award is a part of an initiative started over the last few years, which aims to provide a form of reparation to Black people for the institution’s participation in American slavery.
Recipients of the scholarship will have to go to school out of state, as there are no HBCUs in The Constitution State.
The university announced the launch of The Pennington Fellowship on Dec. 12. The fund was created to support New Haven public school students desiring to attend one of the 107 colleges designated as HBCUs. The Pennington Fellowship will be a competitive scholarship and, over the course of four years, will support 10 to 12 students in each college-bound cohort, according to President Peter Salovey.
“When fully implemented, about forty to fifty students will receive…
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