Engineering schools with excellent merit scholarships for women?

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@Jazzed

@Bonehead - Yes, it’s awarding a scholarship for merit within a stratified sample subset of a population. This is done all the time, both for gender and ethnicity. It’s a silly argument to say that someone receiving one of these scholarships doesn’t have to work hard (female engineer, NHRP, etc.). And everybody has things like this available to them, even if they aren’t a minority. Take local scholarships.

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<p>The primary reason for ruling people out (precisely 50% of the human population) is not related to merit at all. I am fine with trying to do things to attract under-represented groups, including preferential scholarship treatment at times, but call it what it is. Merit is the second most important aspect of such awards.</p>