""We are in an underresourced area, and males were probably more focused on [finding] immediate employment ... so we were trying to think about how to make sure we were doing the best we can to design a program that meets all of our service area's needs," said Kate O'Sick, the community college's dean for student affairs. "We weren't trying to exclude. There was no quota.""
"According to the Council for Opportunity in Education, the organization that advocates for TRIO programs, about 100 grants were canceled or rejected in September after the department delayed funding for thousands of TRIO grants that were slated to begin on Sept. 1. Another 23 programs lost funding earlier in the year. The cancellations represent a small portion of TRIO programs-3 percent-but they affect over 43,600 students who will now be without a slew of resources, from tutoring to assistance with financial aid. Colleges that house these programs have also had to lay off staff members."
A 26-year-old Upward Bound program at SUNY Adirondack had its federal grant canceled after the Education Department flagged an application line about ensuring equal male and female participation as conflicting with administration priorities. Program leaders said the gender-balance language aimed to address declining male enrollment in an underresourced area and was not a quota or exclusion. The Council for Opportunity in Education reported roughly 100 TRIO grants were canceled or rejected in September, with another 23 lost earlier, impacting more than 43,600 students and prompting layoffs at colleges that host the programs.
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