US EditionTrump Administration Cuts Grants for Minority-Serving Colleges, Declaring Them Unconstitutional
- The U.S. Department of Education announced on Wednesday it will end $350 million of grants to minority-serving institutions, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions.
- This decision comes after a federal lawsuit was initiated in June by the state of Tennessee together with the organization Students for Fair Admissions, contesting the constitutionality of eligibility criteria based on race.
- The Department, agreeing with the Justice Department's position, stated that the grant programs tie funding to racial quotas, which it deems discriminatory and unconstitutional under the Fifth Amendment.
- Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced that, as part of the Department’s ongoing efforts to eliminate discrimination, it will cease awarding Minority-Serving Institution grants that limit eligibility based on government-imposed racial criteria.
- The administration intends to redirect $350 million in funding from programs focused on minority-serving institutions to initiatives that assist underprepared students without using racial criteria.
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Trump Education Department to divert grants from colleges serving students of color
File photo of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which is among the nation's largest Hispanic-serving institutions. Hispanic-serving institutions and other colleges and universities serving students of color will lose funding under a recent U.S. Education Department decision. (Photo by Hugh Jackson/Nevada Current)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced it will withhold $350 million of congressionally approved funds to minority-…
Trump education department to divert grants from colleges serving students of color
File photo of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, which is among the nation's largest Hispanic-serving institutions. Hispanic-serving institutions and other colleges and universities serving students of color will lose funding under a recent U.S. Education Department decision. (Photo by Hugh Jackson/Nevada Current)WASHINGTON — The U.S. Department of Education announced it will withhold $350 million of congressionally approved funds to minority-…
Trump administration halts $350 million in funding for minority students
The Department of Education announced Wednesday it will halt $350 million in grants to hundreds of colleges that serve minority students, arguing the longtime programs are discriminatory. The department said it will stop funding eight grant programs that support Black, Native, Hispanic and Asian American college students nationwide and reallocate that money to new priorities. However, about $132 million will still go to four of the grant program…
Education Department ends some aid aimed at minority college students
The Trump administration said Wednesday that it will withhold $350 million in grants to hundreds of colleges that serve large populations of minority students, calling the decades-old programs discriminatory.
Education Department Moves to End MSI Programs
Trump administration officials call the programs unconstitutional. But advocates argue they improve the quality of education for all students who enroll. The U.S. Department of Education plans to end discretionary grant programs for a slew of minority-serving institutions, officials announced Wednesday—after Congress had already appropriated hundreds of thousands of dollars to those programs. The move stunned MSI advocates, who argue the departm…
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