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Podcast: WBEZ News
Episode: Illinois' public regional universities are getting hit by Trump too
Description: President Donald Trump’s targeting of Northwestern University has gotten a lot of attention.
And with good reason – federal officials froze nearly 800-million dollars in funding for the Evanston school.
But on the other side of Chicago, in the Far South Side neighborhood of Roseland, Chicago State University is feeling the effects of Trump’s attacks too.
The public college is the only one in the state with a predominantly-Black student body — and it has far less money to support them.
So far, the school has lost about 5-million dollars in federal grants.
WBEZ’s Lisa Kurian Philip sat down with Chica...