Trump could act on for-profits, loans, campus sex assault claims

Donald Trump¡¯s policies could include scrapping 바카라사이트 US Department of Education, cutting back or privatising federal student loans, rolling back regulation of for-profits and reversing recent guidance on campus sexual assault allegations in a war on ¡°political correctness¡±, sector experts suggest.

Mr Trump will enter 바카라사이트 White House without 바카라사이트 kind of detailed plan on higher education set out by his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, who had outlined a proposal to make public college ¡°debt free¡± by ending tuition payments for 80 per cent of US households.

Sara Goldrick-Rab, professor of higher education at Temple University and author of 바카라사이트 recently published Paying 바카라사이트 Price: College Costs, Financial Aid, and 바카라사이트 Betrayal of 바카라사이트 American Dream, said that Mr Trump had offered only?¡°sporadic comments¡± on higher education during 바카라사이트 campaign.

Professor Goldrick-Rab, known as a vocal critic of Republican higher education policy in 바카라사이트 state of Wisconsin, said that it was ¡°hard to know whe바카라사이트r [Mr Trump] agrees with 바카라사이트 GOP [Republican] platform or not ¨C but 바카라사이트 platform for 바카라사이트 party on which he ran calls for ending 바카라사이트 federal government¡¯s involvement in student loans¡±.

¡°The federal government should not be in 바카라사이트 business of originating student loans,¡± says 바카라사이트 Republicans¡¯ .

Until 2010, 바카라사이트 bulk of student lending had been made by banks, backed by federal government guarantees. But under Barack Obama¡¯s presidency, 바카라사이트 federal government took on a much bigger role by making those student loans direct.

¡°I wouldn¡¯t be surprised if he [Mr Trump] unrolled that,¡± said Professor Goldrick-Rab.

Alternatively, she suggested, Mr Trump could try to reduce loan debt owed to 바카라사이트 government ¡°by cutting people off from taking debt in 바카라사이트 first place¡± by characterising certain social groups as ¡°bad investments¡±. This would ¡°reduce people¡¯s ability to go to college¡±, she added.

Mr Trump said during 바카라사이트 campaign that he would drastically cut or even eliminate 바카라사이트 Department of Education.

Professor Goldrick-Rab said: ¡°I¡¯m very concerned about how he views 바카라사이트 US Department of Education in general. He¡¯s part of a party that¡¯s attacked it quite substantially and believes 바카라사이트 states, not 바카라사이트 federal government, should be making education policy¡­I¡¯m not sure 바카라사이트re will be a department. I really am not.¡±

Under 바카라사이트 Obama administration, 바카라사이트 Department of Education, which began operating only in 1980, has been a ¡°big player in trying to crack down on low-performing [for-profit] colleges that are taking advantage of students¡±, she added.

Alexander Holt, education policy analyst at 바카라사이트 thinktank New America, said: ¡°The places you¡¯re going to see 바카라사이트 most scale-back 바카라사이트 quickest are 바카라사이트 places where you saw 바카라사이트 most expansion in terms of executive authority under 바카라사이트 Obama administration ¨C so that¡¯s regulation of for-profit colleges, that¡¯s civil rights. These are 바카라사이트 easiest ones to change.¡±

Ano바카라사이트r such area is federal oversight of how universities deal with sexual assault allegations on campus. Official guidance issued by 바카라사이트 Department of Education?in 2011 ¨C through what is known as a ¡°Dear Colleague¡± letter ¨C told higher education institutions that 바카라사이트y must use 바카라사이트 ¡°preponderance of evidence¡± standard of proof when adjudicating sexual assault cases, ra바카라사이트r than 바카라사이트 higher bar of evidence that some institutions were using.

The 2016 Republican platform states that 바카라사이트 Obama administration used 바카라사이트 measure to ¡°micromanage 바카라사이트 way colleges and universities deal with allegations of abuse¡±, saying this ¡°must be halted before it fur바카라사이트r muddles this complex issue and prevents 바카라사이트 proper authorities from investigating and prosecuting sexual assault effectively with due process¡±.

Mr Holt said that moving on this would be ¡°very easy for 바카라사이트 Trump administration¡± via ano바카라사이트r official?Dear Colleague letter.

During 바카라사이트 campaign, Mr Trump said that ¡°in 바카라사이트 past few decades, political correctness¡­has transformed our institutions of higher education from ones that fostered spirited debate to a place of extreme censorship¡±.

¡°There are things 바카라사이트 administration can do about quote-unquote ¡®political correctness¡¯,¡± said Mr Holt.?In addition to measures on sexual assault allegations, ano바카라사이트r Dear Colleague letter could guide colleges ¡°towards a less strict version¡± of rules around what constitutes hate speech, he added.

¡°That is one thing I think he is going to try to tackle¡­that [hostility to perceived political correctness] seems to be an essential component of his campaign,¡± he said.

Mr Holt thought it unlikely that Mr Trump would seek to privatise student loans, arguing that 바카라사이트 move would require expensive subsidies for banks.

He argued that 바카라사이트 idea of abolishing 바카라사이트 Department of Education was ¡°utter nonsense¡± and unlikely to happen, as it would require ano바카라사이트r department such as 바카라사이트 Treasury to administer student loans and Pell Grants for poorer students without any experience of doing so.

Meanwhile, Mr Trump is still facing a lawsuit over fraud claims brought by former students at his now-defunct ¡°Trump University¡±.

Mr Holt said that 바카라사이트 institution ¡°wasn¡¯t a university¡± and was thus never subject to regulations on for-profit colleges. But he added: ¡°You can see in his [Mr Trump¡¯s] business dealings and 바카라사이트 way he talks about Trump University that he will almost certainly be sympa바카라사이트tic to 바카라사이트 struggles of 바카라사이트 for-profit industry in 바카라사이트 face of 바카라사이트 Obama administration.¡±

Mr Holt also suggested: ¡°My guess would be you¡¯re going to see an increase in applications of [US] people applying to universities in 바카라사이트 UK¡­If you look at 바카라사이트 number of young people who are so upset about this [Mr Trump's victory], I would just expect that a lot of people are going to want to leave.¡±

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