"President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday afternoon to “begin eliminating” the U.S. Department of Education. Surrounded by students at a White House ceremony, he introduced Linda McMahon as “hopefully” the last secretary of education," University Business reports.

... "The National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators (NASFAA) has said that the department needs to be reorganized for greater accountability but that reductions should be made strategically."

"'Our primary concern is the lack of transparency about which functional areas are being cut, why specific departments have been selected for dismantling, and how the transition will be managed without disruption to students or the nation’s institutions of higher education,' NASFAA Interim President and CEO Beth Maglione said."

"'Claiming that eliminating half the Department won’t affect its services—without any clear plan to redistribute the workload—is, at best, naive and, at worst, deliberately misleading.'"

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Publication Date: 3/20/2025