Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says higher education proposals from Democratic presidential candidates are 'crazy' and too costly. DeVos says those plans would lead to a 'federal takeover of higher education.'
by Democratic presidential candidates are “crazy” and too costly, President Donald Trump’s education chief says.that range from tuition-free college to debt forgiveness. Free college proposals are getting the most attention these days.
“Who do they think is actually going to pay for these? It’s going to be 2 out of 3 Americans that aren’t going to college paying for the one out of three that do,” DeVos said in an interview with Fox News Channel’s “Special Report with Bret Baier” that aired Friday night. In the presidential campaign, Sens. Bernie Sanders of Vermont and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts are proposing to do away with tuition at all public universities. Warren argues that college should be seen as an extension of public K-12 education, which is supported by taxpayers and tuition-free to families.Warren’s total education plan is estimated to cost $1.25 trillion over a decade. Sanders’ free college plan would cost $47 billion a year.
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