read the article, but it was a private individual who made the scholarship the school just promoted it. There is still racism in the world even if it's clothed in sheep skin. People honestly think some races are smarter than others, but that has been disproved time and time again.
I would like to mention that it was meant for a male Aboriginal, which I think it is more important. Maybe the donor knew a male Aboriginal who tried to enter the field but couldn't find work to pay for it.
Well this shows that broken down by major women are starting to be the majority of chemical and biology majors. It looks like it spiked around 2004 and is on the decline. https://www.aps.org/programs/education/statistics/womenmajors.cfm
To argue your point that Everyone falls where they belong if they follow their dreams. Sometimes you don't know about a career path that could be your dream career. Making an incentive toward that group can lead them to finding something they like.
It's weird I always heard that argument, but at schools I've worked with Women are more likely to take higher level maths and they on average did better.
Women probably are only 10% of the students. It gets more women into the school. Which might get more men into that school. They are being used as bait.
