The campus of Yale University seen in New Haven, Conn. Yale is one of 45 colleges that are under investigation for allegedly engaging in "race-exclusionary practices." Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
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The federal student loan portfolio – which manages about $1.6 trillion in loans for roughly 43 million borrowers – is currently overseen by the Education Department's office of Federal Student Aid (FSA). Mario Tama/Getty Images hide caption
Trump says Education Department will no longer oversee student loans, 'special needs'
Students hold signs and chant during a March 13 rally in front of the U.S. Department of Education to protest budget cuts. Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images hide caption
How Education Department cuts could hurt low-income and rural schools
On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive action to begin dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
A view through the doors of the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, the day after the agency said it would lay off nearly half its staff. Nathan Howard/Reuters hide caption
How the Trump administration's Education Department cuts are playing out
Chloe Kienzle of Arlington, Va., holds a sign as she stands outside the U.S. Department of Education, in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday – the day after the Trump administration announced widespread job cuts at the agency. Mark Schiefelbein/AP hide caption
A man walks past the U.S. Department of Education building in Washington, D.C., on Feb. 7. Gent Shkullaku/Zuma Press Wire via Alamy hide caption
U.S. Education Department says it is cutting nearly half of all staff
Secretary of Education Linda McMahon leaves the House chamber after President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress at the Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. Jose Luis Magana/AP hide caption
Trump prepares order dismantling the Education Department
Linda McMahon, pictured here at her Senate confirmation hearing in February, previously led the U.S. Small Business Administration and World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE). Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
Linda McMahon has been confirmed as Trump’s secretary of education
Peggy Carr, commissioner of the National Center for Education Statistics, speaks about the testing program known as "The Nation's Report Card" during a 2022 interview. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
Linda McMahon, President Donald Trump's nominee to be Secretary of Education, testifies during her confirmation hearing on Thursday in Washington, DC. Win McNamee/Getty Images hide caption
Flags fly outside the U.S. Education Department in Washington, D.C. Alex Wong/Getty Images hide caption
Trump administration targets Education Department research arm in latest cuts
Donald Trump's nominee to lead the U.S. Education Department, Linda McMahon, seen here in December, has come out in support of school choice and "parental rights in education," and in opposition to "political indoctrination in classrooms." Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images hide caption
Linda McMahon led WWE and the SBA. The U.S. Education Dept. may be next
Created by Congress in in 1979, the department employs more than 4,000 people and has an annual budget of $79 billion. LA Johnson/NPR hide caption
President Joe Biden pictured with his Department of Education secretary, Miguel Cardona, in October 2022. Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images hide caption
Biden's education grades: F on FAFSA, an incomplete on student loan forgiveness
American InterContinental University, a Career Education Corp. school, is seen in Los Angeles in 2004. CEC has entered into a half-billion dollar settlement with state attorneys general over recruitment practices. Jamie Rector/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption