"Last week, Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced that the Department of Education was cutting $350 million in grants to MSIs, citing that they "meet racial or ethnic quotas." The Trump administration has federally banned all programs it considers to be diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), and has threatened to withhold any federal dollars for schools that do not comply with anti-DEI executive orders signed by President Donald Trump."
"The Trump administration has essentially argued, but not explicitly, that programs that show preference to Black, Latino, or other minority groups are discriminatory because they exclude white Americans. "Discrimination based upon race or ethnicity has no place in the United States," Secretary McMahon said in announcing the cuts to MSIs. "Diversity is not merely the presence of a skin color. Stereotyping an individual based on immutable characteristics diminishes the full picture of that person's life and contributions, including their character, resiliency, and merit.""
"The Education Secretary said the department would work with Congress to "reenvision" these programs to "support institutions that serve underprepared or under-resourced students without relying on race quotas and will continue fighting to ensure that students are judged as individuals, not prejudged by their membership of a racial group." "There are a lot of students who attend PBI's because they are typically more affordable, at least in terms of our larger HBCU"
The Trump administration redirected hundreds of millions of dollars away from Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs), including predominantly Black institutions (PBIs), to increase funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The Department of Education cut $350 million in MSI grants, asserting some programs "meet racial or ethnic quotas." The administration has federally banned programs labeled as diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) and threatened to withhold federal funds from noncompliant schools. Education Secretary Linda McMahon described race-based preferences as discriminatory and proposed redesigning support to target underprepared or under-resourced students without race-based quotas.
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