Gates Foundation Scholarship Updates: Removing Racial Criteria for Eligibility

On January 21, President Trump enacted an executive order to abolish all federal diversity, equity, and inclusion programs. Following this directive, numerous universities and private entities have similarly opted to dismantle DEI initiatives. Recently, the Gates Foundation has also removed race as a criterion for its scholarship, which was established in 2017 to aid low-income students from underrepresented racial backgrounds in achieving higher education.