After President Donald Trump‘s administration slashed half of the U.S. Department of Education‘s staff amid mass layoffs and buyouts, millions of students, parents, teachers, administrators and support staff may be wondering, “What does that mean for us?” A preliminary tally of most of the cuts shows the Federal Student Aid Office, which handles student loan
President Donald Trump is expected to act soon on his promise to dismantle the federal Department of Education, the agency that supplies a small percentage of funding to public schools, enforces anti-discrimination laws, and administers the Student Aid Program. It also oversees federal student loans held by nearly 43 million people, or one in six
US President Donald Trump has long advocated for dismantling the Department of Education (DOE), arguing that education policies should be controlled at the state and local levels. With his renewed push to eliminate the agency, many student loan borrowers are left wondering: Would their debt be erased if the department no longer exists? While the