RE: Science scholarships help Hispanic students overcome barriers
There were several comments about why choose just minorities. This is a good point in that we should be working to move away from using minority status for special programs.
It is not just the Hispanics who have large numbers of low income; this covers many minorities as well. The goal should be to encourage those who are both interested and have the aptitude to study science who have insufficient funding to afford this education.
In reference to the comments about offshoring and importing educated people; this will change when the costs of offshoring and importing knowledge becomes greater than the cost of local resources. The costs are more than the money spent, it is also related to quality. The US used to be known for "Yankee ingenuity"; solving problems that other countries could not solve (like the Panama Canal). Talent is still here in the US if it is encouraged.
