"Sarahi Sanchez Soto credits the resources at Reedley College in the Central Valley - counseling, math tutoring, a food pantry - with strengthening her resolve to study computer science and information studies and transfer from the community college to a four-year university. The lab and a dedicated counselor that have supported her are funded by a Hispanic-Serving Institution grant, through a federal program available to colleges where Latino students make up at least 25% of enrollment."
""Once I started doing this program, I started noticing that the college course material was something that I could do," said Soto, who also took advantage of dual community college courses in high school. "It wasn't difficult. And if it was difficult, I had these support systems that were able to help me.""
"But now, the future of the support she receives and other initiatives funded by HSI grants are in peril. The Trump administration is eliminating the grant programs for HSIs and other Minority-Serving Institutions. In announcing the cuts last month, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon said the grants "discriminate by restricting eligibility to institutions that meet government-mandated racial quotas.""
The Trump administration is eliminating $350 million in Hispanic-Serving Institution and Minority-Serving Institution grant programs that fund services at colleges with high Latino enrollment. California community colleges use the funding for counseling, tutoring, labs, dedicated counselors, and food pantries that support students pursuing science and transfer pathways. Reedley College students receive lab access and counseling through HSI grants, which strengthened students' resolve to study computer science and transfer to four-year universities. U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon characterized the grants as discriminatory for restricting eligibility by enrollment demographics. Colleges are scrambling to find alternative funding to preserve these student support initiatives.
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