President Trump’s fiscal 2027 budget proposal would cut major federal supports for higher education, including eliminating TRIO and Gear Up funding and sharply reducing Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grants and Federal Work-Study. The plan would lower discretionary Education Department funding to $76.5 billion, and higher-ed programs are targeted for $2.7 billion in losses, according to the proposal’s figures. The budget would also trim enforcement and education research infrastructure, including reducing the Office for Civil Rights budget and cutting the Institute of Education Sciences’ funding. At the research level, it calls for large reductions to federal science agencies, including proposed NIH and National Science Foundation cuts. Separate analysis of the plan highlights that minority-serving institution support would be reduced, with a proposed $354 million cut for minority-serving institutions. The proposal also targets the MSI designations structure, a shift tied to a Department of Justice finding that MSI designations based on racial or ethnic enrollment quotas were unconstitutional. The combined blueprint signals a shift in how federal policymakers aim to manage educational access and research priorities, with institutions bracing for congressional negotiations that may determine which cuts survive appropriations.