GEAR Up, 6th largest federal grant in Purdue history, aimed tutoring, SAT prep, other help to low-income students, including in Lafayette. Feds: It doesn’t line up with Trump administration priorities
I think they are paying more attention to the difference between a grant and a contract. By the way, contracts are constitutionally protected (Article 1, section 10).
Grant provided "afterschool tutoring services, summer STEM camps, family dinner nights, financial literacy resources and SAT prep, among other things". I can see why this out-of-control Administration would want to stop that. He, himself, has said smart people hate him. Let's just turn Purdue into a technical college and forget all about critical thinking and humanities.
So now we see how Purdue Trustee Strategy of "laying low" has paid off for Hoosiers. See for example the gutting of an education grant that could have helped hundreds, if not thousands of students.
----------------------------See the words from BIL below_________________________
Federal officials are pulling the plug on a seven-year, $34.9 million education grant, touted a year ago as the sixth largest in Purdue history and designed to offer extra academic help to students in nine Indiana school districts – including in Lafayette – as they transition from junior high to high school and to college or the workforce.
In a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Education, dated Sept. 12, federal officials cited diversity language in the initial proposal, saying the GEAR Up program administered by Purdue is “inconsistent with, and no longer effectuates, the best interest of the federal government and will not be continued.”
The letter from the U.S. Department of Education pointed to portions of the GEAR Up program at Purdue that includes training on diversity, equity and inclusion to help hiring managers “recognize and mitigate unconscious biases throughout the recruitment process.” The letter says Purdue’s program “may conflict with the department’s policy of prioritizing merit, fairness and excellence in education.” Because of that, the letter says, Purdue was told to “promptly refund any unobligated funds” connected to the program.
"Merit, fairness, and excellence"--those were the words of
Governor Mike Braun in an earlier statement about the end to diversity, equity, and inclusion. prograums There should be little doubt that Governor Braun is working for the Trump Administration, Project 2025, and not for the best interests of students in Indiana schools. Why didn't Braun apply to be Secretary of Education?"
Wonder if we’re still feeling ‘serene, sturdy, strategic’
I think they are paying more attention to the difference between a grant and a contract. By the way, contracts are constitutionally protected (Article 1, section 10).
Grant provided "afterschool tutoring services, summer STEM camps, family dinner nights, financial literacy resources and SAT prep, among other things". I can see why this out-of-control Administration would want to stop that. He, himself, has said smart people hate him. Let's just turn Purdue into a technical college and forget all about critical thinking and humanities.
So now we see how Purdue Trustee Strategy of "laying low" has paid off for Hoosiers. See for example the gutting of an education grant that could have helped hundreds, if not thousands of students.
----------------------------See the words from BIL below_________________________
Federal officials are pulling the plug on a seven-year, $34.9 million education grant, touted a year ago as the sixth largest in Purdue history and designed to offer extra academic help to students in nine Indiana school districts – including in Lafayette – as they transition from junior high to high school and to college or the workforce.
In a letter sent by the U.S. Department of Education, dated Sept. 12, federal officials cited diversity language in the initial proposal, saying the GEAR Up program administered by Purdue is “inconsistent with, and no longer effectuates, the best interest of the federal government and will not be continued.”
The letter from the U.S. Department of Education pointed to portions of the GEAR Up program at Purdue that includes training on diversity, equity and inclusion to help hiring managers “recognize and mitigate unconscious biases throughout the recruitment process.” The letter says Purdue’s program “may conflict with the department’s policy of prioritizing merit, fairness and excellence in education.” Because of that, the letter says, Purdue was told to “promptly refund any unobligated funds” connected to the program.
"Merit, fairness, and excellence"--those were the words of
Governor Mike Braun in an earlier statement about the end to diversity, equity, and inclusion. prograums There should be little doubt that Governor Braun is working for the Trump Administration, Project 2025, and not for the best interests of students in Indiana schools. Why didn't Braun apply to be Secretary of Education?"
97% of what, Mung? Not dollars.