Blocked Rhodes? Prestigious scholarship accused of ‘woke’ anti-conservative bias

by Valerie Richardson

Students interviewing for a Rhodes Scholarship may want to leave their Make America Great Again ball caps at home.

The Rhodes, widely viewed as among the world’s most prestigious international scholarship programs, is being accused of left-wing political bias, selecting students who champion only progressive causes and embracing a “diversity, equity and inclusion” agenda at the expense of academic merit.

The 122-year-old program offers free postgraduate study for a master’s degree at England’s Oxford University to about 100 international students each year, including 32 Rhodes Scholars from the United States chosen in a rigorous competition conducted by the American Rhodes Trust.

Leading the anti-“woke” rebellion is the Rhodes Institute, an organization of previous scholars and allies, which is warning applicants to conceal any right-of-center ideological leanings in a recently released video titled “Rhodes Scholarship: Fair or Rigged?”

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