Federal Friday
- Secretary McMahon: McMahon: The shutdown proved just how little the Department of Education will be missed
- USCIS: DHS Strengthens Integrity in Nation’s Immigration System, Returns to Commonsense Legal Immigration Levels
- Department of Education: U.S. Department of Education Announces Six New Agency Partnerships to Break Up Federal Bureaucracy
- Department of Education: U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon and University Leaders Participate in Higher Education Roundtable at the White House
Department of Education Update
Earlier this week, the Department of Education announced “six new agency partnerships to break up federal bureaucracy.”
Through the announced postsecondary education partnership, as described within the linked release and additional fact sheet, the Department of Labor is expected to take on additional responsibilities related to the following programs that had previously resided within the Office of Postsecondary Education (OPE):
- TRIO
- Upward Bound
- Upward Bound Math and Science
- Veterans Upward Bound
- Talent Search
- McNair Scholars Program
- Student Support Services Program
- Educational Opportunity Centers
- Training Program for Federal TRIO Programs
- Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP)
- Graduate Assistance in Areas of National Need (GAANN)
- Augustus F. Hawkins Center of Excellence
- Title III Part A Strengthening Institutions Program
- Title III Part B Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program
- Master’s Degree Programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Program
- Strengthening Historically Black Graduate Institutions (HBGI)
- Howard University
- Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund
- Transition and Postsecondary Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities (TPSID)
- Transition Programs for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Coordinating Center (TPSID-CC)
- Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education (FIPSE)
- Higher Education Congressionally Funded Community Projects Program
In addition to the changes above, the Department of Health and Human Services will take on an expanded role as it relates to the Child Care Access Means Parents in School (CCAMPIS) program, and the Department of State will establish a partnership program – the International Education and Foreign Language Studies Partnership – which will expand oversight of the Fulbright-Hays Grant. While more details may be released in the coming days and weeks, please know that – at this time – the Office of Federal Student Aid and the Office for Civil Rights have not moved.