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Funds for Low-Income Students Are on the Chopping Block in Trump’s Budget

alishpagda08@gmail.com2 months ago04 mins

President Trump’s budget proposal would shrink the Education Department, which he has called on Congress to eliminate, by slashing its funding by 15 percent, or $12 billion. The most significant chunk of that reduction, about $4.5 billion, would come from the Title I budget for high-poverty schools, a cut of nearly 25 percent at a…

As Trump Goes After Universities, Students Are Now on the Chopping Block

alishpagda08@gmail.com4 months ago012 mins

In the early weeks of the Trump administration’s push to slash funding that colleges and universities rely on, grants and contracts had been cut and, in a few cases, researchers had been laid off. In recent days, the fiscal pain has come to students. At the University of Pennsylvania, administrators have asked departments in the…