Washington, Oct. 13 -- Representative Jill Tokuda issued the following press release:
Hawaiʻi - U.S. Representative Jill N. Tokuda (HI-02) met with University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa leadership, faculty, and students to address the Trump Administration's recent effort to rescind nearly $1 billion pocket rescission package, which included almost $70 million in cuts to Title VI international education programs that have historically supported Pacific and Asian studies, foreign-language education, and related international education programs at UH Manoa.
UH Manoa applied for $2.8 million in grants that would have supported the Center for Pacific Islands Studies (CPIS) and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies (CSEAS) within the Colleg...