[PDF] Département éducation

What is the United States Department of Education?

The United States Department of Education is a Cabinet -level department of the United States government.

How does the Department of education maintain the quality of Higher Education?

The quality of higher education institutions and their degrees are maintained through an informal private process known as accreditation, over which the Department of Education has no direct public jurisdictional control. Establishing policies on federal financial aid for education, and distributing as well as monitoring those funds.

How much money does the Department of Education have?

Congress appropriated to the Department of Education an annual budget of $14 billion and 17,000 employees when establishing the Department of Education.

When did the Department of Education start?

It began operating on May 4, 1980, having been created after the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare was split into the Department of Education and the Department of Health and Human Services by the Department of Education Organization Act, which President Jimmy Carter signed into law on October 17, 1979.