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Education secretary says Columbia University's changes put it on track to recover funding
The Trump administration pulled $400 million in federal funding over how the university handled protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
The Trump administration pulled $400 million in federal funding over how the university handled protests against Israel’s military campaign in Gaza.
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday to dismantle the Department of Education.
The student loans will be reassigned immediately, the president said.
U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian set a hearing in the case for Tuesday.
Completing its dismantling is most likely impossible without an act of Congress, which created the department in 1979.
Eliminating the department altogether would be a cumbersome task, which likely would require an act of Congress.
His lawyer said the scholar was targeted because of his wife’s “identity as a Palestinian and her constitutionally protected speech.”
There are 27 charter school locations in Rochester.
The communications did not specify when the cost-cutting measures would start.
Kevin Howell, a N.C. State alumnus from Cleveland County, N.C., will begin his new role on May 5.
