Female medical program won’t exclude white students after discrimination complaint

A top medical fellowship for women will stop excluding white applicants after a complaint accused the program of being racially discriminatory in light of the Supreme Court outlawing affirmative action last year.

Do No Harm, a nonprofit organization that serves as a watchdog in the healthcare industry, filed a lawsuit in June on behalf of female students who met the criteria for the $20,000 award offered by the American Association of University Women but were excluded on the basis of race. Attorneys for both groups wrote in a joint stipulation on Aug. 9 that the lawsuit would be dismissed after AAUW agreed to “not consider” any future applicants’ race or ethnicity.

Read more on the Washington Examiner.