Trump administration redirected funding by cutting grants for Minority-Serving Institutions (MSIs) while increasing funding for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) and charter schools. This move repurposes more than $350 million, mainly from grants for colleges with large Hispanic student populations. The administration, citing a Justice Department memo, argues that the MSI grants’ race-based eligibility criteria are discriminatory and unconstitutional. MSI grant cuts Programs a