Rebecca Carballo

The Trump administration’s steep workforce cuts at the Education Department include hundreds of attorneys, student aid workers and civil rights office staff, according to agency documents obtained by POLITICO.

White House officials were unfazed.

Some Republican lawmakers are hesitant to call the move of the $1.6 trillion student loan portfolio to the Small Business Administration official.

Although SBA managed a wealth of Covid relief programs, it normally runs a much smaller operation than student debt.

Like Columbia University, Harvard was among the schools whose leadership testified on Capitol Hill to defend their approach to campus protests.

LEGAL BATTLES AHEAD: The Trump administration is revoking student visas without warning, often leaving international students with two undesirable

The Treasury Offset Program, a federal program that collects debts by garnishing federal and state payments, will administer collections.

The Treasury Offset Program, a federal program that collects debts by garnishing federal and state payments, will administer collections.

Taken together, Trump’s suite of orders represent significant maneuvers to squeeze the finances of higher education institutions and expand his already sweeping federal intervention into the country’s education industry.

The mascot, an illustration of man wearing a feathered headdress, has been used for decades.