"Shakeup in Higher Education: Education Department to Merge Programs with Labor Department. In a move aimed at streamlining education and workforce development initiatives, the Education Department has announced plans to transfer some of its employees to the Department of Labor. The integration is expected to bring together postsecondary education and job training programs, with the goal of better preparing students for the workforce. The exact details of the transfer, including which programs will be affected and how many employees will be moved, have not been disclosed, but the move is seen as a significant shift in the way the government approaches education and job training."
The Education Department announced Thursday it will be moving some employees to the Department of Labor as it looks to integrate some postsecondary education and workforce development programs with ...