Officials say dismantling education department puts PGCPS programs at risk
Downsizing the department may have significant impacts on Title I funding, English as a second language programs and special education support throughout PGCPS.
U.S. education department to cut workforce in half
The U.S. Department of Education will put about half of its 4,100-person workforce on administrative leave beginning March 21.
Trump’s plans to weaken education department could hurt higher education, experts warn
The education department primarily supports public education through financial aid programs, research funding and student loans.
UMD to receive $21 million in federal aid for coronavirus losses
This university predicted a loss of $87 million this semester.
UMD is scraping together years of records on foreign ties for a federal probe
The Department of Education is looking into the school's reporting of foreign gifts.
The federal government is investigating UMD’s reporting of foreign gifts
It requested records on the university's foreign gifts and contracts from recent years.