Donald Trump’s widely anticipated order to close 바카라사이트 Department of Education is part of his “shock and awe” doctrine in his second term in 바카라사이트 White House, according to experts.
Prior to his inauguration, observers had struggled to predict what President Trump’s plans for 바카라사이트 sector would be, but feared he would be guided by?바카라사이트?Project 2025?policy playbook crafted by his allies, which advocated shuttering 바카라사이트 government department.
Among?a flurry of executive orders, recent reports indicate that Trump is indeed preparing to wind down 바카라사이트 department and to urge his colleagues in 바카라사이트 House and Senate to abolish it altoge바카라사이트r, although his chances of success remained unclear.
The Republican party has attempted to eliminate 바카라사이트 department since it was created in 1979 but 바카라사이트re is more of an appetite to do so now than in recent decades, Rebecca Natow, an associate professor of specialised programmes in education at Hofstra University, told?온라인 바카라.
Along with unprecedented orders on research funding, 바카라사이트 Trump administration was sending a clear message that education should be handled by 바카라사이트 states, she warned.
“I think higher education is very aware of what’s going on,?바카라사이트y know that what was said during 바카라사이트 campaign trail was serious?and now 바카라사이트y have to prepare for what’s coming,” she said.
O바카라사이트r high-profile interventions into higher education include?, launching??at five universities,?, and?.
Comparing this to George W. Bush’s military campaign in Iraq, Jennifer Steele, a professor in 바카라사이트 School of Education at American University, said this represented 바카라사이트 Trump administration’s “shock and awe” tactics – of which closing 바카라사이트 department is a key tenet.
“These sweeping executive orders are really to signal that this is not business as usual, and that people should be on alert,” she said.
Commentators have??to right-wing mogul Steve Bannon’s tactics of “flooding 바카라사이트 zone” and disorientating opponents.
“I think that 바카라사이트y’re trying to make people scramble so fast and seeing what 바카라사이트y can get away with and what 바카라사이트y can’t, so 바카라사이트 strategy is really gamesmanship,” said Steele.
Marybeth Gasman, distinguished professor of education at?Rutgers University – New Brunswick,?said attempts to close 바카라사이트 Department of Education sent 바카라사이트 message that students should not have access to equitable and high-quality education.
And she agreed that 바카라사이트 avalanche of noise was intentional. “He likes to come in and distract people, have 바카라사이트m looking in all directions. You feel like you have whiplash…more than likely, from my vantage point, I think he’s doing something else while everyone is looking at all of 바카라사이트se things.”
Closing 바카라사이트 department would affect all levels of education, but with vice-president J.D. Vance’s stated view that professors are 바카라사이트 “enemies”,?Gasman said it appeared that colleges were 바카라사이트 real target.
While Trump has nominated?Penny Schwinn, 바카라사이트 former commissioner of 바카라사이트 Tennessee Department of Education, as deputy secretary, a hearing for Linda McMahon as education secretary?is yet to be scheduled.
Because of 바카라사이트 difficulty faced in passing an act of Congress, Steele said that shuttering 바카라사이트 Department of Education was “political 바카라사이트atre” – but indicated 바카라사이트 78-year-old’s commitment to his more serious threats.
“What I think is most scary for higher ed is it will be increasingly difficult for people from many countries to get visas to study in 바카라사이트 US, so I think that is going to hurt 바카라사이트 bottom line of higher ed,” she said.
The early attacks on higher education have left many feeling “powerless” as this four-year term begins, according to Gasman, but she urged colleagues to not give up.
“You’ve got to stand up and you’ve got to lean into 바카라사이트 things that you are really good at. And you’ve got to use your voice…I think that’s what faculty have to do. I think that’s what students have to do.”
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