Negotiations between the Trump administration and Harvard University are close to being finalized, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon told reporters at the White House on Thursday.

Education Secretary Linda McMahon appeared at a White House briefing Thursday to address recent changes at her department, including shifting several programs to other federal agencies, and she

Education Secretary Linda McMahon told CBS News that federal money to support low-income students and special education will continue to flow, as her department shifts some grant programs to other agencies.

Billionaire Linda McMahon said that Americans don't deserve college educations during a House hearing earlier this year. McMahon claimed that she will force them to become plumbers and blue collar workers.

The department announced this past week that six offices within the Department of Education will be transferred to four partner agencies: Health and Human Services, Labor, Interior and State. That shift leaves them without key funding and oversight once provided by the federal agency, New York state education officials said.

The Democrat's government shutdown proved, without a doubt, American's don't need the Department of Education," McMahon said during White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt's news briefing.

In a recording obtained by Inside Higher Ed, the secretary explained why she’s moving several grant programs to other federal agencies and how it could benefit students.

US Secretary of Education Linda McMahon says the Trump administration is delivering on its promise to "send education back to the states," announcing new interagency partnerships

Education Secretary Linda McMahon explains why the Trump administration is moving to shift more education control to states, but stresses that federal funding and oversight will continue on ‘The Story.