What is the Trump Admin Changing About Student Loans? | Jonathan Butcher

About this episode

The episode discusses major changes to student loan management announced by the Trump administration, featuring insights from Jonathan Butcher.

Last week, the Trump administration announced major changes to the way that student loan debt will be managed, specifically moving that management from the Department of Education to the Department of the Treasury. I sat down with Jonathan Butcher, Senior Research Fellow in the Center for Education Policy here at the Heritage Foundation, to talk about why this is a huge step in the movement to return education to local control. --- Thoughts? Questions? Email us at: heritageexplains@heritage.org . --- Jonathan Butcher on X: https://x.com/JM_Butcher

People in this episode

Host: Heritage Podcast Network

Guest: Jonathan Butcher

Topics covered

• student loans
• education policy
• local control
• government management
• Trump administration

Keywords

• student loans
• Trump administration
• Department of Education
• Department of the Treasury
• local control

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Organizations: Heritage Foundation, Department of Education, Department of the Treasury, Heritage Podcast Network

Places: Trump administration

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