NY Times - U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon announced Wednesday that she was halting $350 million in federal funding for some of America’s most diverse colleges and universities, saying programs aimed at supporting specific enrollment requirements for minority students were inherently racist.
“Stereotyping an individual based on immutable characteristics diminishes the full picture of that person’s life and contributions, including their character, resiliency and merit,” Ms. McMahon said in a statement, adding that the Education Department would seek to “re-envision” the grant programs to continue supporting “underprepared or under-resourced students.”
Senator Patty Murray of Washington, the top Democrat on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said that the decision showed the Trump administration was “putting politics ahead of students simply looking to get ahead, and is sowing chaos in our nation’s schools.”
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