{"id":8809,"date":"2026-02-27T11:26:55","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:26:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/democrats-push-back-against-trump-anti-dei-funding-cuts-for-minority-serving-colleges\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T11:26:55","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T17:26:55","slug":"democrats-push-back-against-trump-anti-dei-funding-cuts-for-minority-serving-colleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westplexnews.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/democrats-push-back-against-trump-anti-dei-funding-cuts-for-minority-serving-colleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrats push back against Trump anti-DEI funding cuts for minority-serving colleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/missouriindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/unlv-1024x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is among the nation's largest Hispanic-serving institutions.(Photo by Hugh Jackson\/Nevada Current)\" \/><figcaption>\n<p>The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is among the nation&#8217;s largest Hispanic-serving institutions.(Photo by Hugh Jackson\/Nevada Current)<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senate Democrats threw a spotlight Thursday on President Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to yank funds away from minority-serving institutions, as the administration tries to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies in schools.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hawaii U.S. Sen. Mazie Hirono hosted an unofficial hearing that gathered advocates, leaders, experts and students to sound the alarm on the consequences of cutting funding for the more than 800 MSIs, as they are known, that enroll millions of students of color. Many are from low-income households or are the first in their families to attend college.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hirono blasted the administration\u2019s broader efforts to end DEI efforts in schools, as well as larger ongoing actions to axe the 46-year-old\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/trump-education-department-outsources-more-responsibilities-continuing-proposed-wind-down\" target=\"_blank\">U.S. Department of Education<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Trump \u201chas been attacking these programs and is now working to illegally eliminate the programs entirely, not to mention they would like to eliminate the entire federal Department of Education,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">In September, the department decided to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/trump-education-department-divert-grants-colleges-serving-students-color\" target=\"_blank\">gut and reprogram $350 million<\/a> in discretionary funds that support minority-serving institutions, over claims that the programs for Black, Asian, Indigenous and Hispanic students and more are \u201cracially discriminatory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Soon after, the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/us-education-department-boosts-funds-hbcus-tribal-colleges-charter-schools\" target=\"_blank\">department moved<\/a> to redirect $495 million in additional funding to historically Black colleges and universities as well as tribal colleges.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Adding fuel to the fire, the Justice Department\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-secretary-of-education-linda-mcmahon-statement-office-of-legal-counsels-opinion-constitutionality-of-race-based-higher-education-grant-programs\" target=\"_blank\">issued an opinion<\/a> in December finding several grant programs for minority-serving institutions to be \u201cunconstitutional.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Education Secretary Linda McMahon concurred with that opinion, and the agency said later that month it was \u201ccurrently evaluating the full impact\u201d of the opinion on affected programs.<\/p>\n<h4>\u2018Plainly cruel\u2019<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Mike Hoa Nguyen, associate professor of education and principal investigator for the MSI Data Project at the University of California, Los Angeles, said MSIs are \u201cthe backbone of American higher education.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nguyen said these institutions \u201cprovide critical pathways to academic opportunity and achievement for millions of students of color, particularly those from low-income households and those who are often the first in their families to go to college.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">He noted that as a result of the funds being reprogrammed, MSIs have been left \u201cstruggling to figure out how to explain the continuity of vital services \u2014 services that have been empirically demonstrated to improve student learning, boost academic performance in the classroom and ultimately lead them to graduate.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Nguyen added that \u201cthese funds are about providing the basic resources so students can learn, grow, succeed and contribute to our society and our economy, and eliminating these resources in general \u2014 and in such an abrupt manner \u2014 isn\u2019t just misaligned and misguided, it\u2019s plainly cruel.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Rowena Tomaneng, president of Asian Pacific Americans in Higher Education, said \u201cessential programs nationwide have been shuttered or destabilized\u201d as a consequence of the yanked funding.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThese programs are not supplemental \u2014 they are essential to closing equity gaps for first-generation and low-income students,\u201d said Tomaneng, whose organization advocates for Asian American and Pacific Islander students, faculty and staff across higher education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cTheir loss will reverse hard-won gains, widen disparities and weaken institutions that serve as gateways to opportunity,\u201d Tomaneng said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Senators send letter to McMahon<\/h4>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The hearing came a week after Hirono, along with Sens. Alex Padilla of California, Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Dick Durbin of Illinois, Cory Booker of New Jersey, Ben Ray Luj\u00e1n of New Mexico and Raphael Warnock of Georgia, led nearly two dozen colleagues in urging McMahon to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.padilla.senate.gov\/wp-content\/uploads\/2.18.26-OLC-Opinion-on-MSI-Termination-Letter.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">reverse her department\u2019s decision<\/a> to unilaterally halt federal funding for MSIs.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThis decision is yet another example of this Administration attempting to circumvent Congress and its obligations to follow the law,\u201d the senators wrote. \u201cUnilaterally deciding that long-standing programs are unconstitutional, absent a ruling from the judiciary, sets a dangerous precedent and disrupts needed support that colleges and students rely on.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Meanwhile, Trump signed into law earlier in February\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsfromthestates.com\/article\/setback-trump-congress-spending-law-rejects-call-axe-education-department\" target=\"_blank\">a spending package<\/a> that funds the Education Department at $79 billion this fiscal year.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The measure also \u201cincreases funding for all Title III and V programs that support HBCUs, Hispanic Serving Institutions, Tribal colleges, and other minority-serving institutions,\u201d per a summary from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.appropriations.senate.gov\/imo\/media\/doc\/fy26_lhhs_conference_bill_summary1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Senate Appropriations Committee Democrats<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Hirono noted that \u201conly Congress can eliminate these programs, and Congress has decided not to do so,\u201d during the hearing.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cIn fact, we provided additional funding for these programs in the fiscal year (20)26 spending bill reiterating our support for them, but of course, the Trump regime doesn\u2019t care about Congress\u2019 priorities,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The Education Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment Thursday.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The University of Nevada, Las Vegas, is among the nation&#8217;s largest Hispanic-serving institutions.(Photo by Hugh Jackson\/Nevada Current) WASHINGTON \u2014 U.S. Senate Democrats threw a spotlight Thursday on President Donald Trump\u2019s attempts to yank funds away from minority-serving institutions, as the administration tries to end diversity, equity and inclusion policies in schools. 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