President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Wednesday to give $19 million in grants to schools that serve Hispanic students.
The University of Puerto Rico’s Rio Piedras Campus received $5 million of the share, with four other schools across Florida, Illinois, and Texas sharing the rest. This money is part of the Education Department’s Research and Development Infrastructure Grant Program, which has a fund of about $49 million to split among historically black, tribally controlled, and minority-serving colleges and universities. This latest allotment comes with less than a week until Election Day.
Since Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office, Puerto Rico’s colleges and universities have received over $1.1 billion in government funding, behind Florida, Texas, and California in the top five recipient states. The administration awarded over $16 billion…
