A popular student loan forgiveness plan was just paused
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The Department of Education announced on Wednesday new investigations into five universities over Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals scholarships, which the agency argued are discriminatory. The universities being investigated are the University of Louisville,
The Trump Administration can push through with its plans to dismantle the Department of Education after the Supreme Court allowed it to continue laying off nearly 1,400 employees.
The Trump administration has created a partnership between Labor and Education departments to build an integrated federal education and workforce system as part of an effort to downsize the government.
The Department of Education said it paused time-based student loan forgiveness under the Income-Based Repayment plan as it updates payment counts to reflect a court injunction from earlier this year.
The Education Department launched investigations into five universities on Wednesday over scholarships that the schools offer to undocumented students, including Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals recipients.
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As a new school year approaches, multiple school systems around the country told ABC News that a Department of Education funding freeze is causing confusion.
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President Donald Trump's job isn't to employ as many bureaucrats as possible. It's to deliver effective and efficient services to taxpayers.
Gov. Kathy Hochul, frustrated that she does not have more authority over the policies of the state Education Department, hopes that might change.