At her confirmation hearing last week, Linda McMahon, Donald Trump’s nominee for secretary of education, walked a thin line. On the one hand, she needed to assure Congress and the American people that she was fit for a cabinet-level position.
The Department of Education gave schools and universities two weeks to end diversity initiatives or risk losing federal funding.
Donald Trump campaigned on remaking the federal government, cutting jobs, slashing spending, ending diversity, equity and inclusion programs and shuttering the Department of Education. In his first month,
In an email to U.S. Department of Education Federal Student Aid employees on Friday obtained by The Associated Press, agency officials noted that some regional offices in Boston,
Since Donald Trump’s victory, many have turned their attention toward his potential impact on higher education institutions, including Swarthmore. While
President Donald Trump hasn't been shy about his desire to close the Department of Education, calling it "a big con job" as his administration began gutting it this month. But does the president have the power to shut down the Department of Education?
As President Donald Trump has threatened to dissolve the U.S. Department of Education, the potential ramifications have left education officials in Southern California concerned about funding. Trump,
President Donald Trump has reportedly been preparing an executive order to abolish the Department of Education, but is it really that simple? As The Center Square previously reported, many of Trump's executive orders are not enough,
Maybe because its support for students is popular with Republicans as well as Democrats. And because cutting that funding would blow a big hole in the budgets of red states.
Among the immediate actions are Trump’s reinstatement of harsh immigration policies, directives rolling back civil rights protections, and a push to gut the Department of Education’s diversity programs—each item aligning with the Project 2025 blueprint.
President Donald Trump’s administration has attempted to curb diversity initiatives in federally funded educational institutions — a move UC Berkeley professors have criticized on both legality and principle.
President Donald Trump promised to abolish diversity, equity and inclusion across the federal government. The Department of Education recently ordered schools to eliminate D.E.I. programs or risk losing federal funding.