Thursday, November 10, 2016
Century Foundation Policy Associate Comments on Trump's Effect on Higher Education Reforms
Donald Trump's defeat of Hillary Clinton Tuesday night places eight years of higher education reform under President Obama in doubt, raising questions about the direction of policies governing financial aid and for-profit colleges.
"His presidency will open the door for conservatives to weaken, gut or completely dismantle any regulations that have been created in the last eight years," Tariq Habash, a policy associate at the Century Foundation, said of Trump. "It's not bright for the future of higher education policy from a consumer protection standpoint..."