Policy Card: Higher Education

In the days leading up to the election GPPR will be releasing these graphical briefs on the candidates’ various policy positions. The justified text is directly excerpted from a candidate’s website platform with our analysis bulleted beneath each point. We strive to be as objective as possible in our analysis and you can find our research sources below.

This card was written in collaboration with EduWonks. EduWonks is Georgetown’s premier education policy student organization. EduWonks facilitates policy dialogue, professional growth experiences, and interdisciplinary collaboration through our speaker events, policy chats, and service initiatives in the DC community.

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Sources:

https://www.nasfaa.org/2016_presidential_candidateshttp://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/06/education/edlife/presidential-candidates-on-student-debt-in-college.html

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/10/14/trump-makes-his-most-substantial-comments-yet-higher-ed

https://www.hillaryclinton.com/briefing/factsheets/2015/08/10/college-compact/

https://thinkprogress.org/donald-trumps-higher-ed-plan-will-explode-the-student-debt-crisis-8b144b233ee7#.2v29pxm10

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/07/07/clinton-proposes-tuition-free-public-higher-education-families-incomes-125000

The economics of Hillary Clinton’s higher education plan

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2016/07/06/clinton-will-reportedly-propose-3-month-moratorium-repaying-student-loans

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/07/05/clinton-to-propose-3-month-hiatus-for-repayment-of-student-loans/

Donald Trump says one university spent $150 million a year complying with government red tape

What’s It Worth?: The Economic Value of College Majors

http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=667

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Katie is a second-year MPP student at the McCourt School and the President of EduWonks. Prior to her life at Georgetown, Katie taught special education in New Orleans for four years and served as an Assistant Principal at a PK-8 charter school. She holds a B.A. in Political Science and French from the University of South Carolina.