This story was originally published by Chalkbeat.

DENVER | Colorado colleges and universities enrolling the highest percentages of students of color will lose millions of dollars after a recent decision by the Trump administration.

The U.S. Department of Education announced on Sept. 10 that it will end $350 million in discretionary funding for Minority-Serving Institutions, known as MSIs. These colleges are federally designated as MSIs because they serve a greater percentage of students of color, including Native American and Hispanic students.

The Trump administration plans to redirect the funding to Historically Black Colleges and Universities and tribal colleges, which are different from the MSI designations because they’re identified based on the history of the institution or who c

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