The Proposed Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education: What’s at Stake?

The Proposed Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education: What’s at Stake for Students, Families, and Communities

The new presidential administration has proposed to drastically reshape or even shut down the U.S. Department of Education. What does this department actually do for students and their families?

Join our multidisciplinary panel of faculty experts who will discuss the history of the Department of Education; its various responsibilities (such as administering funds to support students from low-income families, administering college grants and student loans, enforcing students’ civil rights, and collecting data on educational progress); arguments for shutting the department down; what the nominee for Secretary of Education and the presidential administration have said about what would happen to its various programs; and what its dismantling could mean for students, families, universities and communities going forward.

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Faculty participants: Robert Bifulco (moderator), Sean Drake, Elizabeth Martin and Michah W. Rothbart