Tues, April 22, 2025:
Student loans in default to be referred to debt collection, Education Department says – AP
Wed, April 16, 2025:
The Internal Revenue Service is making plans to rescind the tax-exempt status of Harvard University … an extraordinary step of retaliation as the Trump administration seeks to turn up pressure on the university that has defied its demands to change its hiring and other practices. – CNN
The real stakes in Trump’s confrontation with Harvard – CNN
Why colleges like Harvard can’t easily use endowments to replace federal funding; Endowments aren’t a simple replacement for government funding because of restrictions related to donor earmarking, legality and research priorities, experts say. – NBC
How war, money and the quest for discovery entwined the US government and universities – AP
Mon, April 14, 2025:
Harvard hit with $2.2 billion funding freeze after rejecting Trump’s demands; The administration demanded changes to policies and governance due to allegations of antisemitism, illegal DEI. Harvard called the directives unconstitutional. – WP
College financial aid hit with glitches, delays due to federal staffing cuts; Cracks are starting to appear in the federal financial aid apparatus after the Trump administration imposed sweeping staff cuts at the Education Department last month. – WP
Mon, March 31, 2025:
Universities Like the One I Run (Cornell) Aren’t Afraid to Let People Argue – NYT
Fri, March 28, 2025:
Trump restricts federal research funding, a lifeblood for colleges – AP
Tues, March 25, 2022:
‘Borrowers have zero power’: Trump moving student loans to SBA sparks concern, confusion – The Hill
Sat, March 22, 2025:
Dismantling Department of Education could cause chaos for Americans with student loans, experts warn – CBS
Fri, March 21, 2025:
Trump says student loans moving to SBA, ‘special needs’ to HHS – The Hill
Thurs, March 20, 2025:
White House backs away from full Education Dept. shutdown – WP
“White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters that the department will not be completely shut down, which would require congressional action, but said a smaller version will continue to administer “critical functions.” She said those functions included the student loan program, Pell grants, civil rights enforcement and major grant programs of Title I and IDEA, which helps pay the cost of educating students with disabilities. Together, those programs represent the vast majority of what the department does.” (emphasis added)
Trump defends his education overhaul with a backdrop of GOP governors and kids – Politico
Rep. Bobby Scott, ranking Dem on the House Committee on Education and the Workforce, says Trump’s plan to dismantle DoEd would put students at risk – The Hill
Wed, March 12, 2025:
With mass layoffs, McMahon and Trump begin mission to end Education Dept – Roll Call
Tues, March 11, 2025:
Education Dept cuts half its staff as Trump vows to wind the agency down – AP
Education Dept. cutting nearly half of workforce – CNN
Thurs, March 6, 2025:
Draft of Trump executive order aims to eliminate education department – WSJ
“The Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025…laid out a detailed road map for closing the agency, which included placing the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights in the Justice Department and the student-loan portfolio in the Treasury Department. It calls for phasing out a longstanding funding stream for schools based on how many low-income students they serve. The Trump administration has already taken a series of steps to weaken the agency. It laid off probationary employees and offered others buyouts. It paused some of its civil-rights enforcement work and canceled many grants and contracts related to research and teacher quality….With around 4,500 employees as of last year, the department is the smallest cabinet-level agency.”
Tues, March 4, 2025:
Linda McMahon lays out Education Department’s “final mission” – Politico
Fri, Feb 28, 2025:
Education Dept. to staffers: quit by Monday and get $25k in cash – Politico
Thurs, Feb 13, 2025:
Trump vows to end Education Dept. DOGE has already started – Bloomberg
Mon, Feb 10, 2025:
DOGE announces $881 million in cuts for DoEd contracts – Politico
Thurs, Feb 6, 2025:
Dem letter to Education Dept. demanding answers on Trump’s plans to dismantle – Murray/Sanders
Wed, Feb 5, 2025: Trump and Musk are moving to smother these three pieces of the government-CFPB, AID, DoEd – CNN
Tues, Feb 4, 2025: In Trump’s quest to close the Education Dept,, Congress and his own agenda may get in the way – AP
Mon, Feb 3, 2025: Trump preps order to dismantle Education Dept. as DOGE probes data; Closing the agency requires congressional approval, so administration aims to diminish it in the meantime. – WP
Thurs, Jan 30, 2025: With executive orders, Trump tests local control of schools – NYTimes
Wed, Jan 29, 2025:
Trump signs order to promote “patriotic education” in the classroom – NYTimes
Trump signs orders on school choice and school funding – CNN
“Among its directives, the Department of Education – which Trump has vowed to shut down – is ordered to issue guidance on using federal funding to support scholarship programs for grade school students. The Department of Defense is ordered to submit a plan to Trump directly on how military families can use DOD funds to send children to their preferred school. The secretary of interior is ordered to submit a plan to Trump on how families with students attending Bureau of Indian Education schools can use federal money to attend the school of their choice. And the Health and Human Services Department must issue guidance on how states can use HHS funds to attend private or faith-based schools.”
Wed, Jan 29, 2025: Students aren’t recovering from covid. Test scores are getting worse. WashPost
Thurs, Jan 16, 2025: Biden admin announces last round of student debt relief – The Hill
Thurs, Dec 12, 2024: Trump wants to shut down the Dept. of Education. What that could mean–CNN
Tues, Nov 12, 2024: Trump pledged to close the Education Dept. What would that mean?-WashPost
Wed, Feb. 21, 2024: Biden Administration breakdown of student debt cancellation to date