Ideological Biases in the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program. Backgrounder No. 3945
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| Title: | Ideological Biases in the Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program. Backgrounder No. 3945 |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Adam Kissel, Heritage Foundation, Center for Education Policy |
| Source: | Heritage Foundation. 2025. |
| Availability: | Heritage Foundation. 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002-4999. Tel: 202-546-4400; Fax: 202-546-8328; e-mail: info@heritage.org; Web site: http://www.heritage.org |
| Peer Reviewed: | N |
| Page Count: | 11 |
| Publication Date: | 2025 |
| Document Type: | Reports - Descriptive |
| Education Level: | Higher Education Postsecondary Education |
| Descriptors: | Ideology, Bias, Scholarship, College Students, Graduate Study, Public Service Occupations, Politics of Education, Political Attitudes |
| Abstract: | The Harry S. Truman Scholarship Program provides up to $30,000 each for college students who plan to attend graduate school and then engage in public service. Both the rhetoric and the structure of the program exhibit ideological biases favoring "social change" progressives. Very few conservative students apply successfully, likely due to those biases. This paper describes the biases and offers a solution: align the program's selection criteria with the Secretary of Education's periodic, consultative determination of the national need in graduate education. Reforming the program by removing its biases would also provide much-needed balance to better honor President Truman's legacy. |
| Abstractor: | ERIC |
| Entry Date: | 2026 |
| Accession Number: | ED680957 |
| Database: | ERIC |
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