“President Trump signed an executive order requiring schools to submit information about the academics of applicants, which was designed to prevent universities from using “racial proxies” in admissions.”

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“in the opening days of his second term he signed an executive order to begin taking apart the agency that administers student loans for thousands of borrowsers, runs programmes to help low-income children, and oversees some funding for public schools.”

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“President Trump swept into office with plans to scale down the Department of Education. This week, the Supreme Court ruled that the Trump administration could fire more than a thousand workers there.”

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“Last spring, for example, Mr. Trump took his first steps to try to dismantle the Education Department, where he and his aides froze funds and either fired or reassigned staff members without congressional approval.”

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