UC officials estimate the overall impact of the proposed cut to the university system to be more than $600 million, more than half of UC’s total research awards.
UC could be especially vulnerable because it receives nearly $6 billion annually in federal funds for research and other program support and at least $1.7 billion in student financial aid, including Pell grants and work study programs.
The federal government claims white and Asian American students have been discriminated against -- and that schools need to cut DEI programs -- or lose federal funding.