Wisconsin high court agrees that race-based college retention grants must go

By: Erik Gunn

Outlets: Wisconsin Examiner

Published: June 18, 2026

Words: 1,275

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 1 day ago

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Wisconsin must stop awarding small-dollar grants to help deter students from dropping out of college under a program available only to specific racial and ethnic groups, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Thursday.

Although unanimous in part, the opinion also included concurrences by three of the Court’s liberal justices. They sharply critiqued a U.S. Supreme Court opinion that set the stage for the ruling, while acknowledging that its precedent required them to follow its contours.

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