December 4, 2023
As President Joe Biden hands out hundreds of billions of dollars in student loan cancellations as if it were Monopoly money, his education agenda is disturbingly handing out punishment to potentially millions of other students who either can’t afford or choose not to attend a “traditional” four-year college. It is a woefully underreported issue that has serious ramifications both for the future of higher education and America’s workforce.
Hundreds of institutions of higher education exist outside of the elite left-wing education establishment, and they have been in the crosshairs of radical Department of Education bureaucrats since the Obama administration. These career-oriented, online, and for-profit colleges serve hundreds of thousands of students each year, mostly adult learners, veterans, working parents, active military personnel, and minorities. Unfortunately, their dreams of achieving a college degree and more career opportunities are being crushed by an administration putting ideology above opportunity.
This agenda is being enacted through onerous new regulations, enforcement actions, and changes to various requirements for the disbursement of financial aid. Because career-oriented schools operate outside of the dictates of the liberal education establishment, the Education Department holds a vendetta against them, though they serve a vital function in training students with important trade skills desperately needed in our workforce. Moreover, career colleges offer flexibility, affordability, and real skills needed to be successful in the 21st century and are highly sought-after options.
The Left’s goal is no less than closing these schools down, which will result in fewer educational options, higher tuition prices, less innovation, fewer students earning a degree, and a less personalized educational experience.
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