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June 5, 2025

Trump Proposes 90% Cuts to All 37 U.S. Tribal Colleges
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The Trump administration has proposed cutting funding for tribal
colleges and universities by nearly 90%, a move that would likely force
most - or all - of the nation's 37 tribal schools to shut down. Pro
Publica reports that even before Trump's proposed cuts, tribal colleges
were receiving a quarter-billion dollars per year less than the
inflation-adjusted amount they should receive. The U.S. Commission on
Civil Rights once called tribal colleges "the most poorly funded
institutions of higher education in the country."


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