Community college students often don’t have enough income to absorb a $4,000 tax credit, says Norma Kent, a spokeswoman for the American Association of Community Colleges. And any such tax credit should be available for childcare, transportation and book expenses in addition to tuition, she adds.
On the issue of academic freedom, McCain’s platform is silent. However, the Republican platform states that free speech on college campuses “is to be celebrated, but there should be no place in academia for anti-Semitism or racism of any kind. We oppose the hiring, firing, tenure and promotion practices at universities that discriminate on the basis of political or ideological belief.” It goes on to support the right of students and faculty “to express their views in the face of leftist dogmatism that dominates many institutions.”
On K-12 education, McCain promises school choice. “When a public school fails to meet its obligations to students, parents deserve a choice in the education of their children. And I intend to give it to them. Some may choose a better public school. Some may choose a private one. Many will choose a charter school. But they will have that choice and their children will have that opportunity,” McCain said in his acceptance speech at the Republican National Convention.
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