President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal lays out major cuts and restructures that would shrink federal higher education access, student aid, and campus support. The plan calls for eliminating TRIO and Gear Up funding, cutting Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants (FSEOG) to zero, and sharply reducing Federal Work-Study. The budget also targets Minority-Serving Institution (MSI) designations and associated programs, proposing $354 million in cuts to MSI-related funding and reducing Department of Education discretionary spending overall. Officials say the administration’s approach reflects constitutional and oversight concerns, while critics argue the changes would reduce support for institutions serving students from historically marginalized communities. Beyond student aid, the proposal trims Office for Civil Rights funding and would substantially reduce the Institute of Education Sciences, the department unit that supports education research and statistics. The plan also includes deeper reductions for basic research funding through cuts to NIH and a more than half reduction to the National Science Foundation.