Department of Education Secretary

US Treasury Department assumes management of student loans

Trump’s push to abolish the Education Department reaches student loan portfolio

One year after President Trump signed an executive order calling for the shuttering of the Education Department, the agency has taken its biggest step yet toward self-elimination.

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Education Department shifting student loan responsibilities to Treasury Department

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Student Loan Management Is Shifting Out of the Education Department. Here’s What Borrowers Should Know

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Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default

Recently released Education Department data showed that by the end of last year, 7.7 million borrowers had defaulted on $181 billion in federal student loans.

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Federal student loans will move to Treasury, further shrinking Education Department

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Trump administration looks to shift student-loan responsibilities to Treasury Department

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Treasury Department Begins Taking Over Student Loans As The Education Department Gets Dismantled

Under an agreement announced Thursday, the Treasury Department will take over management of student loans whose borrowers are in default, meaning they are months behind on payments.

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Education Department to shift student loan duties to Treasury

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Education Department lays out plan to move student loan portfolio to Treasury

Education Secretary Highlights New College Accountability Push

In a recent opinion piece, Education Secretary McMahon pushed forward on her promise of higher ed accountability, including loan limits and positive financial outcomes.

People

Donald Trump Orders for the Department of Education to Be Dismantled, Fulfilling Key Project 2025 Goal

An executive order issued on Thursday, March 20, directs Education Secretary Linda McMahon to begin dissolving the Jimmy Carter-era agency Ingrid Vasquez is a Digital News Writer at PEOPLE. She graduated from The University of Texas at Austin with a ...

What Does the Department of Education Actually Do?

The Department of Education has many different and varied responsibilities under its current formation and governs many offices including the Federal Student Aid (FSA), Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Office for Civil Rights (OCR), and the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services (OSERS).

NPR

How Education Department changes could affect students

NPR's Juana Summers speaks with John King, Chancellor of State University of New York and former education secretary, about the changes at the U.S. Department of Education this week. When President Trump nominated Linda McMahon as secretary of education ...

Yahoo

Sen. Elizabeth Warren: Education Secretary Linda McMahon should resign

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shortly after she was sworn in, I invited Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to my office. I looked her dead in the eye and asked, “Now, I just want to be clear, do you think you can ...