Education Department launches hiring spree in key office, roughly a year after mass layoffs

The Trump administration is expanding hiring efforts at the Federal Student Aid office despite its long-standing pledge to dismantle the agency, raising questions about its reform plans. An internal presentation obtained by POLITICO reveals a push to recruit additional staff, contradicting earlier promises to streamline or phase out the department’s student loan programs. Critics argue the move undermines transparency, while officials insist the hiring reflects ongoing operational needs amid shifting priorities. The contradiction highlights tensions between rhetoric and execution in the administration’s education policy approach.

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 ...