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Post 02/05/2025 10:33     Subject: With the DOE being shuttered, How will it affect colleges?
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Anonymous wrote:Seriously, OP, the RANKINGS are your foremost concern if DOE is shuttered?

Second most concern. I'm worried about funding for research. I have a feeling it might not last for medicine and engineering heavy schools.


This 1000%! PHD students will struggle to have their programs funded. There is a reason we have some of the Top universities in the world, and well funded meaningful research is a huge part of that


I am worried that T will direct federal funds to red state schools where complicit governors actively take information out of course content or skew it towards political ends to support a focus on validating the few and culling of others. That is essentially what the anti-DEI initiative points towards. Ignore racism, history of slavery, benefits of diverse viewpoints, sexism in society, accessibility, etc. Sound familiar? Next will be evolution and any science related to climate.


The deep red states were already doing this and yes will continue to do more. They truly like their voting populace to be as uneducated as possible.

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Post 02/05/2025 10:31     Subject: Re:With the DOE being shuttered, How will it affect colleges?
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Anonymous wrote:What does DOE even do? Just because it exists doesn't mean it should exist forever. Where's the value add?

That's the problem with federal departments and agencies. Too many people are afraid to point out they're useless.


So, because you don't know what it does, it shouldn't exist? How about researching that first? Congress passes a lot of ecducaiotn related laws and DoE implements those laws.

https://www.ed.gov/about/ed-offices/oese/offices-programs-by-office

Of local interest, DoE:
awards grant to fund your local magnet school programs;
supports charter school programs;
funds school vouchers in DC, which impacts DC kids and DC private school budgets;
awards grants for school construction;
funds education for children of members of the uniformed services;
funds school emergency management, like school shooter preparedness;
grants for educating homeless children and youths;
grants for school infrastructure
funds research into developing early education and early intervention programs;

...and so on.


All good causes, but why is the federal government doing this? Other than schools for military families, these all sound like state functions.

- Not MAGA


Because some red states wouldn’t fund these things at all.


That should be their choice. If Mississippi wants to remain at the bottom of every list that is up to them.


Well we as a country would benefit from more educated people. My family will be fine--we value education and we can afford private if needed. But I'm smart enough to know that we need everyone educated to be a highly functioning society. Imagine how much worse Mississippi will be without fed govt oversight

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Post 02/05/2025 10:24     Subject: With the DOE being shuttered, How will it affect colleges?
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Anonymous wrote:No more FAFSA, so good luck getting aid.

That authority would move back to the Treasury Department.

Also closing DOE entirely would require a supermajority of 60 senators, meaning some Dems would need to join all the Reps, which is unlikely to happen.


+1. All 47 Dems + Collins + Murkowski + McConnell + one extra GOP Senator would be enough to keep DoED alive


Does that sound doable with the Republicans in the Senate? I don't think you could count on McConnell and who would be the one extra?



Possibly Cassidy (been anti-Trump in the past, possibly retiring)
Tillis (possibly either retiring or running for re-election in a state that leans purple-blue in GOP midterms)
Curtis (least conservative of UT R’s who ran to replace Romney last cycle)
Any GOP Senator that is possibly retiring (not publicly known yet)
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2025 09:28     Subject: Re:With the DOE being shuttered, How will it affect colleges?
Anonymous wrote:What does DOE even do? Just because it exists doesn't mean it should exist forever. Where's the value add?

That's the problem with federal departments and agencies. Too many people are afraid to point out they're useless.


Just because you don’t know what they do doesn’t mean they don’t do anything. If you were knowledgeable in this area, you would know how big of a problem this is.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2025 09:18     Subject: With the DOE being shuttered, How will it affect colleges?
Money won't ever increase test scores. Banning phones in schools (and limiting them after school) plus daily parental involvement in kids' academics, especially ES and MS, are the bare minimum foundation of academic achievement.

Knowledge is definitely power here.

Start saving as soon as your kid is born - max as much as you can to college savings plan.
Anonymous
Post 02/05/2025 06:28     Subject: With the DOE being shuttered, How will it affect colleges?
Anonymous wrote:The DOE is the department of energy. You scared me for a second.

Seriously. There ignorance in this thread is stunning.

For a DC area forum, the lack of knowledge is pretty sad.