🎓Education Under Fire: When Federal Funding Gets the Axe
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Trump signed executive order to eliminate Department of Education in March 2025, with proposed budget slashing $18 billion from NIH, $12 billion from Education, and eliminating AmeriCorps and arts funding.
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Why This Matters
Your College Aid:
Trump proposes reducing maximum Pell Grants by 23%—nearly $1,700—affecting millions of low-income students.
Your Research Innovation:
Technology in your phone to doctor treatments traces to higher education research now under threat.
Your Rural Communities:
Trump proposes cutting tribal college funding by 90%, threatening institutions serving Indigenous communities.
Your Federal Authority:
Colleges, states and communities must take responsibility for programs currently supported by federal funding.
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By what percentage would Trump cut maximum Pell Grant awards?
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What percentage of tribal college funding would Trump eliminate?
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How much funding would Trump cut from the National Science Foundation?
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What justification does the Trump administration give for eliminating TRIO and GEAR UP programs?
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Which federal agencies would be completely eliminated under Trump's budget?
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What would happen to the GEAR UP program under Trump's budget?
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How would Trump consolidate 18 smaller education programs?
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What does Education Secretary Linda McMahon say about the proposed budget cuts?
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How much would colleges have to contribute to Federal Work-Study wages under Trump's plan?
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What is the administration's primary justification for massive education cuts?
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How much would Trump cut from National Institutes of Health funding?
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How many California TRIO projects received federal funding in 2024-25?
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How many students participated in California's Federal Work-Study program in 2022-23?
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What percentage of Education Department spending would Trump cut overall?
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How much federal funding was College of Menominee Nation's scholarship program worth annually?
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Trump signed an executive order to eliminate the Department of Education.
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Federal Work-Study funding would be completely eliminated under Trump's proposal.
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Columbia University lost $400 million in federal funding due to campus protests.
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