Trump Signed the ‘Big Beautiful Bill.’ What’s Next?
Jessica Blake
July 10, 2025
Colleges should start communicating with students about the changes while bracing for state budget cuts, higher ed experts say.
Since the passage last week of President Trump’s domestic agenda, the Department of Education now has less than a year to carry out what policy analysts are calling the most significant overhaul to federal student aid in more than a decade, raising questions about whether the agency can pull it off.
Ensuring a smooth transition in such a short time frame would have been a heavy lift for any education secretary, but higher education experts say it will be nearly impossible for Linda McMahon, as she cut the department’s staff by nearly 50 percent earlier this year.
