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Why Trump's proposal to merge the departments of Labor and Education should fail

  • Written by Nicholas Tampio, Associate Professor of Political Science, Fordham University
A Trump administration plan to merge the Labor and Education departments focuses on workforce needs.Rawpixel.com/www.shutterstock.com

Most people go to school with the expectation that it will lead to a job. If this is the case, then it makes no sense for the federal government to have separate departments for schools and jobs. Or so goes the logic...

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