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Elisa Ferrari/CalMattersNineteen California campuses are still missing over $5.2 million in canceled humanities grants. Meanwhile, the Trump administration is issuing millions of dollars in new grants, many of which are in celebration of the upcoming 250th anniversary of America’s founding. -
Manuel Orbegozo/CalMattersAs the U.S. Department of Education cuts back on grants to colleges and universities that serve Latino, Asian, Black and Native American students, California will lose millions — including money that will soon get sent to other institutions in swing states and states that voted for Trump in 2024.
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The plan has been in the works for months and cuts 10 majors, including mathematics and chemistry, and 12 minors. -
Organizations across Oregon received notice from the U.S. Department of Education that they’d lose hundreds of thousands of dollars. -
“The budget that’s being proposed and likely to be adopted will effectively be a reduction in resources available to [institutions],” said Kevin Neely, interim executive director of the Oregon Council of Presidents. -
Southern Oregon University’s Board of Trustees adopted a new budget on Friday. It includes a sobering $5 million budget deficit the university has to address within a year. -
At least 24 University of California and California State University campuses lost training grants that provided their students with annual stipends of approximately $12,000 or more. -
A majority of California’s college students experience food insecurity. Some campuses, including Cal Poly Humboldt, are stepping up with innovative free meal programs. -
Undergrad tuition to rise again at all Oregon’s public universities, up nearly 30% from a decade agoThe rising cost of college is being driven by labor costs, inflation and historic disinvestment in higher education by the Oregon Legislature. -
The UC has grown its enrollment of California undergraduates by 16,000 in the last five years. University officials say they won’t be able to continue that growth if state funding is cut. -
Federal programs offer financial aid and counseling to low-income and first-generation college students. California was allowed to include students without legal status, which the Trump administration is now ending. -
Colleges and universities in Oregon and California can no longer allow students without permanent legal status access to some federally funded programs meant to help disadvantaged students earn degrees, according to a recent decision from the U.S. Department of Education. -
Universities in some parts of the country are responding to the federal DEI crackdown by shutting down diversity offices and eliminating equity-related groups. Oregon’s institutions are largely standing their ground. -
California’s estimated 100,000 undocumented college students are grappling with President Trump’s plans of mass deportations. Dream centers on many campuses are stepping in to provide guidance and meet the skyrocketing demand for legal services from students.
