The federal government has cut roughly $3.5 million for this academic year, the final year of UC Berkeley’s grants for Title VI of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Title VI primarily provides for Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowships and National Resource Center funding. ⁠ ⁠ The U.S. Department of Education released a letter stating the funding was “inconsistent with … the best interest of the Federal Government.” This was not specific to UC Berkeley, as all of the more than 50 Title VI grant recipient universities lost their funding this academic year.⁠ ⁠ Read more through the link in bio.⁠ ⁠ ✍️: Miles Kofman⁠ 📸: Phillis Wan⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ #ucberkeley #dailycal #berkeley #titleVI #highereducationactof1965 #usdepartmentofeducation