Govern by euphemism: In Trump’s Washington, helping Hispanic-serving colleges becomes “racial bias”—and cutting their funding becomes “equal protection.”

Higher Education

The Quiet War on Hispanic-Serving Colleges

by Rob Wolfe December 1, 2025December 1, 2025

Trump’s bid to strip race from policy has landed squarely on the institutions educating the country’s future.

The College Board, the non-profit organization that administers the SAT exam, caved to pressure from the Trump administration, scrapping its race-neutral Landscape tool. The decision undermines fairness and abandons high-achieving low-income students. Here, students walk through Harvard Yard, April 27, 2022, on the Harvard campus in Cambridge, Mass.

Higher Education

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by Richard D. Kahlenberg September 24, 2025September 23, 2025

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by Reginald C. Oh October 30, 2022October 30, 2022

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