Program on Educational Equity and Policy (PEEPs)
Center for Policy Research

The Proposed Dismantling of the U.S. Department of Education: What’s at Stake?

At this virtual event, experts from the Center for Policy Research discussed the history of the Department of Education along with its various responsibilities (such as administering funds to support students from low-income families administering college grants and student loans, enforcing students’ civil rights, and collecting data on educational progress); arguments for shutting the department down; what the nominee for secretary of education and the presidential administration have said about what would happen to its various programs and; what its dismantling could mean for students, families, universities and communities going forward.

Faculty participants included Robert Bifulco (moderator), Sean Drake, Elizabeth Martin, and Michah W. Rothbart.

To watch the recording of this event, visit: https://www.maxwell.syr.edu/research/center-for-policy-research/events/whats-at-stake-series