University Of California Begs State For $5 Billion After Getting Cut Off By Trump Admin
Story by DCNF-Newswire • 16h
The University of California (UC) system is negotiating with state legislators to make up for the billions of federal dollars it is at risk of losing amid tensions with the Trump administration.
UC President James Milliken sent a letter to state senators and assemblymen on Wednesday, warning the system is at risk of losing the $17 billion it earns from the federal government every year as the administration continues cracking down on universities accused of violating civil rights law. The university is currently under federal investigation for alleged racial discrimination, while some universities within the system are on thin ice for their responses to antisemitism on campus.
“A substantial loss of federal funding would devastate our university and cause enormous harm to our students, our patients, and all Californians,” UC’s letter reads. “Classes and student services would be reduced, patients would be turned away, tens of thousands of jobs would be lost, and we would see UC’s world–renowned researchers leaving our state for other more seemingly stable opportunities in the US or abroad. It is hard to conceive of a more damaging consequence for our state.”
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