From the first time Sen. Bernie Sanders made it a key issue in his campaign, we’ve heard more about higher ed this year than in the past, especially when it comes to free tuition for students of four-year-colleges.
But the legal issues over his so-called Trump University hardly make Trump credible on the issue at all.
In fact, his entrepreneurial view of education actually makes him a part of one of higher ed’s problem areas.
How do you provide for learners who aren’t bound for the traditional four-year college?
Who takes care of education when it’s just outside the Ivory tower?
The two-year colleges? Public four-year colleges? Or do you leave it to their proxies who see the void as an opportunity for privatization and corporate efforts?
