The Trump administration has abruptly shuttered a 40-year-old college access program at UC Berkeley — one that has helped thousands of first-generation, low-income students from the East Bay to attend college — over equity and inclusion staff training.

Trump officials canceled the $836,000 annual grant for Cal’s Educational Talent Search at a time when many of the program’s students are applying for college. The program — which has been federally funded since 1997 — served around 1,500 students annually across East Bay middle and high schools by connecting them with college advisors and higher education. It was in the last year of a five-year grant cycle.

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