{"id":8090,"date":"2025-11-07T10:39:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:39:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/?p=8090"},"modified":"2025-11-07T10:41:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T16:41:22","slug":"utrgv-monitoring-reprogramming-of-federal-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/07\/utrgv-monitoring-reprogramming-of-federal-grants\/","title":{"rendered":"UTRGV MONITORING REPROGRAMMING OF FEDERAL GRANTS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/utrgvradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Emilio-Grants-0922_mixdown.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">On Sept. 10, the U.S. Department of Education <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ed.gov\/about\/news\/press-release\/us-department-of-education-ends-funding-racially-discriminatory-discretionary-grant-programs-minority-serving-institutions#:~:text=Home-,U.S.%20Department%20of%20Education%20Ends%20Funding%20to%20Racially%20Discriminatory%20Discretionary,defend%20them%20in%20ongoing%20litigation.\">announced <\/a>it will end discretionary funding to several Minority-Serving Institutions (MSI) grant programs that meet racial or ethnic quotas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The decision was made after the U.S. Solicitor General D. 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