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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]
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I thought they were next on the chopping block (re: Trump promises.)
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No, that was never proposed.[/quote]

Why lie? Everyone too lazy to check?

"President-elect Donald Trump may break from the Republican Party of old in many ways, but not when it comes to how the party views the federal government's role in education.

"One other thing I'll be doing very early in the administration is closing up the Department of Education in Washington D.C., and sending all education and education work and needs back to the states," Trump said in a video posted to social media in October 2023"

https://www.npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-s1-5181966/a-look-at-the-potential-impact-of-shutting-down-the-department-of-education
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Pell and FAFSA are administered by DOE but are authorized under separate statutes. Closing DOE does not end them. In fact, these programs pre-date the existence of DOE.[/quote]

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