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Podcast: The College Investor Audio Show
Episode: Opinion: Moving Education Programs Around Washington Is Bad Policy
Description: The U.S. Department of Education has announced two new interagency agreements, handing off selected responsibilities to the Departments of State and Health and Human Services. The stated goal: break up federal education bureaucracy, improve efficiency, and return education to the states.As someone who believes deeply in higher education (and in the value of federal student aid programs that expand opportunity), I also believe in an efficient government where tax dollars are spent purposefully to achieve specific goals. That’s why these interagency agreements deserve a closer look.Shifting programs from one fe...