How are race, gender and ethnicity used in determining who is selected to receive an SDSU scholarship?
Race, gender, and/or ethnicity NEVER influence who is selected to receive an SDSU scholarship. In addition to the federal protections against discrimination, the California Civil Rights Initiative is simple and clear: “The state shall not discriminate against, or grant preferential treatment to, any individual or group on the basis of race, sex, color, ethnicity, or national origin in the operation of public employment, public education, or public contracting.” As a state university, SDSU cannot discriminate against nor grant preference to any applicant using any of these factors in selecting a scholarship recipient.
