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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Will this threat from the White House change your approach on which schools you'll apply to or attend?

The action seems like a way to try and control universities, and I figured this would happen with him at some point.

https://abcnews.go.com/US/white-house-budget-office-suspends-federal-financial-aid/story?id=118167742[/quote]

NYT:

[b]The Federal Funding Pause Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants[/b]

Students and parents panicked after news of the order, but the [b]Education Department [/b]said the guidance would not stop the flow of money to students and schools.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/business/trump-federal-freeze-grants-student-loans.html[/quote]

I thought they were next on the chopping block (re: Trump promises.)
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They’ve said federal aid programs and FAFSA management would move to the Treasury Dept, which is where it was before the Ed Dept was founded. [/quote]

Just trying to understand - how would that help? you just moved head count/funding to another department.[/quote]
I didn’t say it would help. I was just responding to the pp who said the Ed Dept was next on the chopping block. That doesn’t mean FAFSA and Pell, etc, are on the chopping block. Those programs will just move.

However. Many other programs that Ed Dept runs, as well as many people, would be cut. That’s where the funding cuts are. More importantly, they want to remove federal oversight and push all that to the state or local level. [/quote]

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