$52.2
$30.0
The budget plan stated that the government’s HBCU and HSI programs both have received ratings of “results not demonstrated” under the administration’s evaluation process.
In outlining its plan, the department said HBCUs still would receive the same amount of funding as in 2007, while HSIs and tribal colleges would realize net gains over that two-year period even with the newly proposed reductions.
Flores told Diverse he expects to talk with other leaders in the MSI sector to coordinate a strategy for appealing to Congress.
Elsewhere, the budget would freeze funding for TRIO and GEAR UP programs at $885 million and $303 million, respectively.
The maximum Pell Grant for needy students would increase to $4,800 next year, up from $4,731 in 2008.
The president’s budget also would zero out Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants, a $757 million program with additional grants to low-income students. College work-study would be level funded at $980 million.
--Charles Dervarics
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