Trump administration to give $500 million to historically Black and tribal colleges

Source: Reuters

September 15, 2025 6:49 PM EDT Updated 11 hours ago


Sept 15 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's administration announced plans on Monday to invest $500 million in historically Black colleges and tribal universities, days after ending $350 million in grants to programs for colleges with large numbers of Hispanic students and other minority-serving institutions.

Historically Black Colleges and Universities and Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities will receive an additional $495 million on top of their anticipated 2025 investment, an increase of 48.4% and 109.3% respectively, the U.S. Education Department said in a statement.

In total, HBCUs will receive over $1.34 billion and TCCUs will receive over $108 million from the department for fiscal year 2025, it added. The Education Department said the funding "will be repurposed from programs that the department determined are not in the best interest of students and families."

Trump has used federal funding as leverage in his dealings with educational institutions. He has threatened to cut federal funding for universities and colleges over a range of issues like pro-Palestinian protests against U.S. ally Israel's assault on Gaza, transgender policies, climate initiatives and diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

Read more: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-administration-give-500-million-historically-black-tribal-colleges-2025-09-15/

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Robbing Peter to pay Paul. This story appeared NOWHERE on any of the news sites' main pages (or even "U.S." or "Political" sections), despite their "publication" date/time stamp. I only started seeing them bubble up this morning.