Driving the news: The Education Department announced Monday it would direct nearly $500 million to HBCUs and tribal colleges and universities. The one-time investment is a nearly 50% increase in funding for HBCUs while it more than doubles the amount tribal colleges received. Several HBCUs did not respond to Axios' requests for comment. Flashback: Trump has positioned himself as a champion for HBCUs. In his first term, he signed a bipartisan law that secured more than $250 million each year to HBCUs and minority-serving institutions,
Like Project Head Start for much younger folks, this is one of the great successes inaugurated or expanded during the Clinton administration. The program is under fire now, though, and its survival is threatened in a time when the Trump administration has managed to eliminate many programs it labels as promoting diversity, equity and inclusion. For sure, California's Latino students need some kind of help.
The federal government sets aside millions of dollars in grants annually for colleges it classifies as Hispanic-Serving Institutions, a designation earned by having an undergraduate student body that is at least 25% Latino.
The sudden termination of the NSF grant left our PROCESS program without funding, emphasizing the fragility of support for educational initiatives aimed at underrepresented students.
