With the intensification of President Donald Trump’s war at Harvard University, he turns his message in an apparent attempt to the new allies – regardless of the punishment of the institution, is also promised to raise the working class.
in Spread the social truth On Monday, Trump suggested sending $ 3 billion in Harvard’s research financing to commercial schools throughout the country. “What a wonderful investment will be for the United States of America, and he needs it strongly !!!” books.
With this money, it is He told reporters At the White House on Wednesday, “You can get the best commercial schools anywhere in the world.”
It is not clear how Trump’s suggestion will work, where the money will come from or how it will be distributed. The Trump administration did not answer the questions.
But although the plan may be inaccurate, some education experts say that research confirmation in the richest university in the world against low -cost commercial school support is a smart step.
“Politically, it is incredibly effective,” said Nat Malikus, deputy director of education policy at the Institute of American Institutions, a right -wing research center. “He continues in a very brief post about the social truth where his interest lies, and it does not lie in, as you know, the international elite at Harvard University but with the ordinary Americans.”
Trump bombed the elite colleges for years As institutions out of touch Which – which Don’t do enough To help students avoid debt, Harvard often excrete, even before the current conflict. Recently, the Trump Harvard administration has accused the failure to address anti -Semitism and issued a mandate for comprehensive reforms that the university can recognize and employ.
When Harvard University refused the demands, the administration reduced nearly $ 3 billion in research financing and tried to end its ability to host international students.
This week’s batch is a new tactic: trying to build public support by explaining that Harvard’s success comes at a cost of working Americans.
Most of the federal government discounts to Harvard They went to health researchLike studies related to cancer and lung disease, which the university defended as vital. Harvard did not respond to a request for comment. in NPR interviewHarvard President Alan Garber Challenge Trump’s approach.
“The real question is the amount of value that the federal government gets from its expenses to research,” he said. “There is a lot of actual research that shows returns to the American people was enormous.”
The Trump administration defended the cuts. “American universities are committed to their academic mission, protecting students on campus, and following all federal laws will not face a problem in reaching generous support for the taxpayer for their programs,” said Maadi Pederman, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education in a statement.
Improving vocational education was a priority in both democratic and republican administrations. Trump talked about this along with his pursuit of manufacturing functions to the United States. Last month, it is The executive order signed Directing federal agencies to coordinate a national strategy for career and technical education.
In the confirmation session, the Minister of Education, Linda McMahon, confirmed the value of these schools. She said: “Our vocational and vocational training is not a default education; it can be in the forefront and the middle so that students who tend to actually go in this direction should be done to do so.”
Jerome Grant, CEO of Universal Technical Institute Inc. said. , One of the largest chains of private commercial schools, it holds meetings with Ministry of Education officials on increasing support for vocational education, but not at the expense of other colleges. He said that his interest is less than money, rather than helping teenagers and youth to see the benefits of the commercial school.
“We are not in the battle with Harvard or anything-we do not have any beef with any four-year schools,” Grant said. “We only believe that for many children in America, schools should not be considered for four years their only course after high school.”
The idea that all students must seek to obtain certificates from the four traditional colleges The road is given In recent years, amid economic changes and debts of students, creating an upward agreement from the two parties on other educational options It should also be supported.
Commercial schools focus on preparing students to obtain certificates in specific professions without general or optional education courses for traditional colleges. So they usually take less time to complete them and less expensive than four -year colleges. Some commercial schools are located in community colleges, and they are very funded by states and federal students’ assistance.
But many commercial schools It is also It is considered Faculties for profit, Higher education sector It was It has been examined in the past For her failure to fulfill her promises to students.
An expert of education policy says.A beautiful beautiful bill“Trump urged Republicans to the House of Representatives to pass it that can weaken schools-and to harm working students. It was also formulated, as this will restore the regulations that carry job training programs for accountability if their students do not earn enough graduation and expand the use of Bill for students over a shorter period of short and non-approved.
The White House nor the Ministry of Education did not answer questions about the rulings.
Jason Uttir, head of colleges and universities of job education, a association representing private trade and profitable colleges, said his organization welcomes reforms in the draft law of the House of Representatives and Trump’s suggestion to pump more money into commercial schools.
Altmire, a former member of the Pennsylvania, described as “a continuation of many good things that President Trump has done and said” about the schools he represents. (Former Policy Head of Altmire Group Exploited To become the best official in the country’s higher education.)
He said that his sector of schools aimed at profit-whether it was professional or in the field of certificates-was unfairly disgusting based on some extremist examples and that it represents a way to move forward to many people.
He said: “I do not see that it is a zero amount, but I see that it is a change in recounting what is the priority of this country when it comes to higher education.”
Caroline Fast, Director of Higher Education Policy at Century Foundation, a progressive research center, also supports vocational education and is wondering about the need for schools like Harvard.
She said: “It is a wrong narration to say that we are funding research in these colleges means that we do not have opportunities for people to obtain a good vocational education.” “Both are good goals for us.”
