Texas A&M University System creates $100M scholarship fund to address diversity, Covid-19 challenges

In a response to diversity issues and concerns of students in the wake of economic uncertainty associated with Covid-19, the Texas A&M University System Board of Regents has created a $100 million scholarship fund.

The program will provide $10 million annually over 10 years for scholarships to students from all socioeconomic backgrounds, particularly to students who are first-generation college attendees, from low-income families and/or from geographically underrepresented regions of the state.…