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.
“Discrimination based upon race or ethnicity has no place in the United States. To further our commitment to ending discrimination in all forms across federally supported programs, the Department will no longer award Minority-Serving Institution grants that discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas,” Education Secretary Linda McMahon said.
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The Higher Education Act of 1965 originally established parameters for minority-serving institutions in the U.S. The act, signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson, established thresholds for
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