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The Trump administration is withholding $350 million in federal grants for minority-serving colleges, saying programs based on racial enrollment are unconstitutional.

The funding will be used instead for “underprepared or under-resourced” students without using racial quotas, said Education Secretary Linda McMahon.

The cuts affect Hispanic-Serving Institution programs and other minority-focused grants.

WASHINGTON — The Trump administration is ending several grant programs reserved for colleges that have large numbers of minority students, saying they amount to illegal discrimination by tying federal money to racial quotas.

In a shift upending decades of precedent, the Education

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