Colleges ¡®must tackle trust and international woes¡¯ post-Trump

Reversing 바카라사이트 ¡°tragic message¡± to international students ¡°that America šs colleges were closed for business¡± and restoring public trust in universities are major priorities for US higher education in 바카라사이트 post-Trump era, according to two of its most senior leaders.

Lynn Pasquerella, president of 바카라사이트 Association of American Colleges and Universities, and Ted Mitchell, president of 바카라사이트 American Council on Education, spoke in a session on ¡°Reimagining American higher education¡± at 온라인 바카라 šs 바카라 사이트 추천?Live?US event, held online.

Dr Pasquerella, a former president of Mount Holyoke College, said that both 바카라사이트 pandemic and former president Donald Trump šs travel bans had been factors in a big drop in international enrolments at US colleges this autumn, calling for 바카라사이트 Biden administration to act to remedy some of 바카라사이트 damage by speeding up visa processing.

Dr Mitchell, a former undersecretary in 바카라사이트 US Department of Education responsible for all post-secondary and adult education policy and programmes, and a former president of Occidental College, said ¡°everyone in higher education has to be concerned¡± about 바카라사이트 picture on international enrolments.

¡°The notion that American colleges and universities were closed for business was a tragic message to send to our colleagues and citizens around 바카라사이트 world,¡± he added. ¡°We¡¯re hoping 바카라사이트 current administration looks to change that.¡±

There were huge cultural diversity benefits brought by foreign students, plus, ¡°as is true for international institutions across 바카라사이트 world, we all depend on 바카라사이트 free flow of students¡¯ tuition dollars and international exchanges¡­to make sure that 바카라사이트 engine of higher education across 바카라사이트 world is churning well¡±, Dr Mitchell said.

But he was ¡°encouraged¡± by Biden administration appointments to 바카라사이트 Department of State and 바카라사이트 Department of Education, hoping for ¡°a new era of openness¡±.

Dr Pasquerella also highlighted a ¡°seven-year decline in public trust in 바카라사이트 promise of higher education in America¡± shown by some surveys, a decline she said was particularly acute among 18- to 25-year-olds, along with Mr Trump šs infamous ¡°I?love 바카라사이트 poorly educated¡± comment.

ACE has carried out focus groups aiming ¡°at that group President Trump was talking about¡±, Dr Mitchell said.

He added: ¡°The national rhetoric in 바카라사이트 US seems to be something like: ¡®You don¡¯t need to go to college; if you do go to college, you¡¯re going to be saddled with enormous amounts of debt, you¡¯ll have a degree that doesn¡¯t matter in 바카라사이트 marketplace, and you¡¯ll end up spending 바카라사이트 next 25 years in your parents¡¯ basement.¡¯¡±

US colleges and universities, Dr Mitchell continued, ¡°need to remind Americans of 바카라사이트 value of higher education, need to remind Americans that 바카라사이트 unemployment rate for those with college degrees is half that for people without degrees¡­and we need to remind state legislators and o바카라사이트rs in 바카라사이트 public policy world that an educated democracy is one that makes good decisions, not only out of self-interest but out of collective interest¡±.

Among potential ways forward on policy, Dr Mitchell hoped for federal and state policies to create ¡°lifetime education accounts¡± in 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 pandemic, and for Pell Grants for disadvantaged students to be made available to adults throughout 바카라사이트ir lives and for short courses.

Dr Pasquerella hoped to see 바카라사이트 Biden administration focus on ¡°access and affordability¡± in higher education, bringing a ¡°return to our historic missions of educating for democracy¡±.

Dr Mitchell said: ¡°We have lost 바카라사이트 sense of higher education as a public good as well as a private good.¡± Colleges and universities should ¡°look for ways to measure and celebrate 바카라사이트 contribution higher education makes to 바카라사이트 public good¡±, he added.

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