EXCLUSIVE — 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.
Both parties agreed to handle their separate legal fees, with AAUW promising to…
