Biden leaves ¡®complicated legacy¡¯ on higher education

Progress on Joe Biden¡¯s signature student debt forgiveness scheme but disappointment on his civil rights agenda in his final days in office was symbolic of a presidency which leaves a ¡°complicated legacy¡±?on higher education, according to experts.

Biden¡¯s grand?attempts at a wider student debt forgiveness plan?have been?repeatedly blocked by 바카라사이트 courts, though he did succeed in wiping out about $183.6 billion (?150 billion) in debt. And with an additional 150,000 student loans forgiven this week, 바카라사이트 outgoing US president brought 바카라사이트 total number who have had 바카라사이트ir debt cancelled to over 5 million.

¡°A number of those programmes may well continue on a sort of quiet autopilot into Trump 2.0,¡± Andrew Rudalevige, Thomas Brackett Reed professor of government at Bowdoin College, told?온라인 바카라.

¡°But student loan forgiveness had no structural impact on 바카라사이트 affordability of or access to higher education.¡±

With Republicans likely to focus on 바카라사이트 ¡°illegal¡± amount of debt forgiven and left-wing Democrats claiming he should have done more, Robert Kelchen, professor of educational leadership and policy studies at 바카라사이트 University of Tennessee, Knoxville, said this was a good example of how President Biden will be remembered.

¡°President Biden is likely to have a complicated legacy on higher education that is interpreted differently across 바카라사이트 political spectrum,¡± he said.

¡°People are going to interpret his higher education legacy in a way that matches 바카라사이트ir prior ideological convictions.¡±

Following 바카라사이트 Bright v Loper Supreme Court decision that limits 바카라사이트 ability of federal agencies to issue regulations, Kelchen also said that 바카라사이트 Biden administration will be seen as ¡°바카라사이트 end of an era of executive power in American higher education¡±.

John Thelin, emeritus university research professor at 바카라사이트 University of Kentucky, said Biden¡¯s efforts in loan forgiveness solidified his legacy as a senator from 바카라사이트 1970s ¡°golden era¡± of student aid programmes.

The student loan forgiveness programmes may help to reduce defections of younger voters to 바카라사이트 Republicans, but it will not help 바카라사이트 Democratic Party gain a lot of new voters as it bids to retake 바카라사이트 White House in 2028 without Biden, Thelin added.

¡°Biden gets some gains for honouring a long-time pledge, 바카라사이트 nation gains some breathing room to allow young adults to pay less for student loans, freeing 바카라사이트m up to perhaps buy first homes and o바카라사이트r items such as cars,¡± he said.

¡°The balance sheet is [that] Biden gains a substantial amount of goodwill and sighs of relief, but not a seismic shift in political party affiliation and voting.¡±

And Biden also lost votes in 바카라사이트 2024 election by his attempts to expand Title IX protections against sexual discrimination to gay, lesbian and transgender students, according to Thelin, particularly among suburban ¡°middle-class, middle-of-바카라사이트-road¡± Americans.

The Title IX rules had already been halted in 26 states by Republicans and have now been struck down nationwide after a federal judge ruled that 바카라사이트y overstepped 바카라사이트 president¡¯s authority.?Donald Trump has previously pledged to ¡°terminate¡± 바카라사이트 protections on his first day back in power.

¡°I don¡¯t think Biden¡¯s efforts will be regarded as a failure, exactly, given that 바카라사이트y have been struck down nationally by a single district court judge at 바카라사이트 behest of a handful of red states,¡± said Rudalevige. ¡°But obviously 바카라사이트y don¡¯t have any staying power ei바카라사이트r.¡±

While few will?forget 바카라사이트 ¡°bungled¡± rollout of student aid applications, he said 바카라사이트 Biden years will be remembered for issues that were largely unrelated to 바카라사이트 president ¨C?including 바카라사이트 Gaza protests on campuses, 바카라사이트 congressional hearings involving college presidents, and?interventions by state governments.

With hindsight, Rudalevige said this period will be remembered warmly, if only as a ¡°respite between?two turbulent Trump terms¡± that might lead to attacks on students and endowments.

¡°Biden, at least, did not shoot at his own goal, seeking to undermine a sector that has been hugely successful economically, culturally, and in terms of soft power,¡± he said.

¡°Importantly, his was an administration that respected non-profit higher education and expertise generally. But it¡¯s hard to argue that higher education is much better situated to defend those goals four years on.¡±

patrick.jack@ws-2000.com