Yesterday, the U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced sweeping layoffs, cutting 50 percent of its workforce. These reductions have affected several critical areas of the department, including the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA). Although Secretary of Education Linda McMahon has stated that federal student aid programs will continue to operate, the scale of the layoffs and their impacts raise significant concerns about how these programs will sustain operations. Read more here: https://hubs.la/Q03bzGkh0