How Trump's budget would affect low-income students, historically black colleges
Source: abc
By Karma Allen
May 31, 2017, 12:28 PM ET
PHOTO: President Donald Trump shows the signed executive order supporting black colleges and universities in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 28, 2017.Aude Guerrucci-Pool/Getty Images
President Trump’s proposed budget would cut financial aid funding for thousands of low-income college students, particularly those attending a historically black university, according to various analyses of the plan.
The president’s proposed budget for the 2018 fiscal year, released last week, would drastically reduce funding for federal work-study, Pell Grant reserves and student loan subsidies, while directing more dollars toward defense spending, according to the United Negro College Fund (UNCF), an education advocacy group that has raised nearly $5 billion in scholarships for minority students since its inception over 70 years ago.
If approved in its initial form, the budget would cut federal student aid by more than $143 billion over the next decade, the organization estimates, while the Department of Education's overall budget would see a cut of 13.6 percent.
Minority and low-income students, as well as those attending historically black colleges and universities, are “going to be in a weaker position than they've ever been in” if the president’s budget is approved by Congress,” according to UNCF president and CEO Michael Lomax.
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So, this is how Trump "supports" colleges. good photo op is all.
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