The Trump administration is aggressively expanding staffing at the Federal Student Aid office—an agency it has repeatedly targeted for elimination—despite pledges to streamline or dismantle the program. Internal documents reveal a hiring push that contradicts long-standing promises to reduce bureaucracy and cut costs in student loan administration. Critics question whether the move signals a shift in priorities or simply reflects ongoing operational demands amid a surge in loan servicing and pandemic-related relief efforts. The contradiction underscores broader tensions between rhetoric and execution in higher education policy.
The Trump administration has launched a hiring blitz at the agency it vowed to eliminate, according to an internal presentation reviewed by POLITICO. The Education Department’s Federal Student Aid ...
