Google launched its Ph.D. Fellowship Program in 2009 to, according to Google, “directly support graduate students as they pursue their Ph.D.” However, the American multinational technology company reportedly recently reversed its racial quota for the Ph.D. fellowship program.
According to Google, the program’s initial purpose was “to recognize and support outstanding graduate students pursuing work in computer science, related disciplines or promising research areas.” As the Washington Free Beacon reported, the company also sought to limit the number of White and Asian students admitted.
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Schools holding high prestige partnered with Google to nominate students for the program. These schools include Harvard, Princeton, Stanford, and the University of California, Berkeley, as well as a few others.
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Google’s racial quota states that if a university chooses to nominate more than two students for the program, “the third and fourth nominees must self-identify as a woman of Black African descent, Hispanic, Latino, Latinx, Indigenous, or a person with a disability.”
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After several astute students and other observers complained that the quota unfairly discriminated against Asians, the company modified the policy. Instead of requiring the previous racial percentage, the people behind the Google fellowship now “strongly encourage” additional nominees who fall under the above-mentioned categories.
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Adam Mortara, the representative for the plaintiffs in Students for Fair Admissions v. Harvard, said, according to the Washington Free Beacon, “It is illegal for Google to enter into its contract based on race under the Civil Rights Act of 1866.” He continued, “It is illegal for universities receiving federal funds to nominate students based on race under Title VI of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.”
According to Fox Business, The Supreme Court expects to hear arguments in the case later this month.
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