Dismantling the Dept. of Education could steer more people to nontraditional career paths

If federal student aid is disrupted, bootcamps could go mainstream.

If the Department of Education ceases to exist as planned, college financial aid could potentially face disruption for millions of current and incoming college students. 

The Trump administration’s ongoing dismantling of the Department of Education, also known as the DOE, could spur a shift away from traditional four-year degrees and toward education that prepares students for specific jobs. Increasingly, those jobs are in tech, are high-paying and increase social equity.

Whether changes to the DOE will mean influxes of students who are on a traditional college path will look toward non-college options is unclear, but the conversation shines a light on existing issues with the US education system’s status quo.

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