Cal Poly hosted its ¡Adelante! HSI Symposium to provide updates and discussion on its progress towards becoming a Hispanic-Serving Institution, while also addressing the potential threat of federal government proposals to end Minority-Serving Institution grants.
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Amid federal minority-serving funding cuts, Cal Poly reaffirms commitment to serving every student
The U.S. Department of Education will end discretionary funding to several Minority-Serving Institutions grant programs, including Hispanic-Serving Institutions, on the basis that these institutions discriminate by awarding government benefits exclusively to institutions that meet racial or ethnic quotas, according to a press release. Cal Poly has been working toward Hispanic Serving Institution status, which required […]
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Government shuts down, Education Department furloughs workers
The federal government is officially shut down today after weeks of debate in Washington.
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The irony of ‘too big to fail’
Under the guise of ‘too big to fail,’ federal officials have given huge sums of taxpayer money to financial institutions, which interestingly enough, an odd number of federal officials worked for these very same institutions prior to working in the administration.