Trump administration ending university grants that promote ‘racial or ethnic quotas’

Published September 11, 2025 3:40pm ET



The U.S. Education Department announced it would pull back funding from grant programs at minority-serving institutions on Wednesday.

The department called the grant programs discriminatory in a press release, saying the programs allocate the government funds to universities that aim for racial or ethnic quotas.

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