"Donald Trump ordered the dismantling of the US Department of Education on Thursday, prompting uncertainty for those holding student debt and questions about what happens next," The Guardian reports.

... "Beth Maglione, the interim president and CEO of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators, said recently: '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.'"

"'It also raises serious concerns about how billions of dollars in federal student aid will continue to be disbursed to students without interruption.'"

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Publication Date: 3/20/2025