{"id":2088553,"date":"2023-11-02T20:20:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:20:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-one-ups-biden-on-education-announces-american-academy-plan\/"},"modified":"2023-11-02T20:24:40","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T00:24:40","slug":"trump-one-ups-biden-on-education-announces-american-academy-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-one-ups-biden-on-education-announces-american-academy-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump outshines Biden in education, unveils &#8216;American Academy&#8217; proposal."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrump-one-ups-biden-on-education-announces-american-academy-plan%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2088553&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>In the past, having\u200d a college degree from a respected institution was a\u200d mark of distinction.<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2064 meant that you were highly trained, highly \u200bskilled \u200band prepared to become a productive member of society.<\/p>\n<p>While we have known for \u2064quite\u200d some time that the \u2062purpose of \u2063academia has radically changed, the \u200cfacade crumbled after Oct. 7, \u200cwhen many colleges finally revealed what was festering in their classrooms.<\/p>\n<p>Swarms of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harrowing-footage-jewish-students-barricade-library-pro-palestinian-mob-hammers-doors\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">students<\/a> \u2063 and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/radical-trans-professor-threatens-zionist-journalists-kids-fear-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faculty members<\/a> alike emerged from behind the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-was-wrong-ucla-professor-admits-conservatives-fears-were-justified-about-leftist-academics-in-the-workforce\/\" title=\"\u2018I Was Wrong\u2019: UCLA Professor Admits Conservatives\u2019 Fears Were Justified About Leftist Academics In The Workforce\">ivy-covered walls<\/a> and took to the streets in support of the indiscriminate slaughter of Israeli civilians by Islamic terrorists.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden administration\u2019s\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/politics\/white-house\/biden-administration-actions-combat-antisemitism-college-campuses-rcna122712\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">response<\/a> \u200cincluded meetings with Jewish organizations and plans to partner with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/tufts-university-activists-getting-jewish-has-been-biased\/\" title=\"Tufts University Activists: Getting Jewish HAS BEEN Biased\">campus law enforcement<\/a>. (In a stunning failure to read the room, the White House this week \u2063also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/briefing-room\/statements-releases\/2023\/11\/01\/statement-from-white-house-press-secretary-karine-jean-pierre-on-president-bidens-establishment-of-first-ever-national-strategy-to-counter-islamophobia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">announced<\/a> a \u201cnational strategy\u201d to combat Islamophobia.)<\/p>\n<p>As \u200dusual, former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/judge-shoots-dojs-request-trump-jailed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> has an\u2062 outside-the-box solution.<\/p>\n<p>In a Wednesday \u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@realDonaldTrump\/posts\/111336760169073700\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">post<\/a> on Truth Social, Trump noted \u200dthat \u201cin recent weeks, Americans have been \u200chorrified\u2062 to see \u200cstudents and faculty at\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/harvard-students-anti-israel-open-letter-backfires-horribly-employer-responds-email\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Harvard<\/a> and other once-respected universities \u2064expressing support for the savages and jihadists who attacked Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe spend more money on higher education than\u2062 any other country \u2014 and yet, they\u2019re turning our students into Communists and terrorist sympathizers,\u201d Trump wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s time to offer \u200bsomething dramatically different.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Under Trump\u2019s plan, \u2062the government will take\u2062 the \u201cbillions and billions of dollars \u200cthat we will collect by\u200c taxing, fining\u2064 and suing\u200b excessively large private university endowments\u201d and use that money \u2063to fund a new university \u2014\u200c the American Academy.<\/p>\n<p>According to Trump, the mission\u2063 of the American Academy will be \u201cto make a truly world-class education available to every American \u2014 free of charge.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>If The Western Journal launched\u200d a digital \u200bmagazine, would you read it?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Yes<\/li>\n<li>No<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Completing this poll \u2062entitles you \u2062to The \u2064Western Journal news updates free of \u200dcharge via email. \u2062You may\u2063 opt out at anytime. You also agree to our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/privacy-policy\/\">Privacy Policy<\/a> and\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/about\/terms-service\/\">Terms of Use<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trump said the new \u2064institution \u200bwill not add \u201ca single dime\u201d to \u2063the national debt and will\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-one-ups-biden-on-education-announces-american-academy-plan\/\" title=\"Trump outshines Biden in education, unveils 'American Academy' proposal.\">provide top-tier educational content online<\/a>, including lectures, study groups, mentors and industry partnerships.<\/p>\n<p>The former president \u2062explained that the\u2064 American\u200b Academy\u2062 will grant students the equivalent of a bachelor\u2019s degree that\u200d \u201cthe U.S. government and all federal \u2062contractors will \u2063henceforth \u200drecognize.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will be strictly non-political and \u2064there will be no wokeness or jihadism allowed,\u201d Trump said. \u201cThis will be a revolution in higher education and will provide life-changing\u2063 opportunities for \u2062tens of \u200cmillions of our citizens.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>While some will no doubt quibble over the details of the plan, it\u2064 cannot be denied that \u200cthis \u2064is exactly how Trump \u2064broke into politics \u2014 by promising to actually do something about the problems \u200dplaguing our nation.<\/p>\n<p>In a Thursday <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtontimes.com\/news\/2023\/nov\/2\/donald-j-trump-education-president-our-country-nee\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion piece<\/a> for The\u2063 Washington Times, Ryan\u200d Walters, Oklahoma\u2019s superintendent of public instruction, explained why he \u200cchose\u200b to endorse \u200cTrump for president in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>Walters\u200d listed what Trump has\u2064 already done in the realm of education, from\u200c <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/lost-their-marbles-backlash-hits-coca-cola-after-accusations-of-anti-white-agenda\/\" title=\"\u2018Lost Their Marbles\u2019: Backlash Hits Coca-Cola After Accusations Of Anti-White Agenda\">banning critical race theory<\/a> in \u200bthe classroom to expanding\u2063 school choice and\u2063 protecting the First Amendment right of students to \u200d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/new-speaker-start-every-day-praying-one-specific-room-capitol\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pray<\/a> \u2062in school.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPresident Trump\u2064 is\u2062 the right man for the job,\u2062 and I am \u2064confident that\u2062 he will deliver on his education promises in 2024\u200b and beyond,\u201d Walters wrote.<\/p>\n<p>One social media user\u200b said what many others are thinking: \u201cWhy do we support Trump? \u200dIt\u2019s because\u2062 he is the only \u200cone \u200cwith fresh ideas. Nobody\u200d would have been discussing \u200ba\u200b <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gov-greg-abbott-shares-video-border-wall-construction-texas-doesnt-rest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">border wall<\/a> in 2016 if it weren\u2019t for Trump.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No \u2064other\u200c candidate on the republican side brings new ideas to the table like \u2063this.<\/p>\n<p>Why do we support Trump?<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u2064because he is the only one with fresh ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody would have been\u200c discussing \u2063a \u2063border wall in 2016 if it weren\u2019t for Trump.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 4NinetyFour (@4NinetyFour) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/4NinetyFour\/status\/1720106520895971828?\">November 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The digital age may just call for digital solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Online education has always been \u200bconsidered inferior to in-person college, but \u2064that may be \u200bstarting to change, as many students finished their \u200cdegrees online during the COVID-19 lockdowns \u2062when there was no other choice.<\/p>\n<p>The\u200d American Academy\u200c would \u200balso keep students out of \u2064the grasp of far-left \u200dfaculty and their radical \u200dagendas.<\/p>\n<p>Whether or not Trump\u2019s \u200bvision\u2064 comes\u2063 to pass, \u200dit\u2019s good \u2064to know that there are still some leaders who are willing to challenge\u200b the status quo.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>A Note from Our Staff:<\/h3>\n<p><em><b>Did\u2063 you know that \u206290\u200c percent of advertisers\u200b will have nothing to do \u200cwith The Western Journal? The liberal elites have put us on one \u200dof their financial kill lists.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They did it because we\u2019ve told the \u200ctruth and spoken out\u2062 against them for\u200b over a\u200b decade. And since they couldn\u2019t shut us up, now,\u2062 they\u2019re trying to\u2062 starve us out.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We\u2019re turning to\u2063 you because, frankly, we have to have\u2063 your help. It might not sound like\u2063 much,\u2062 but just\u200d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">one membership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  to The Western Journal can make a \u200dreal difference.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We don\u2019t have a \u2063huge staff, big salaries, or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/people-see-wholesome-overseas-mcdonalds-ad-realize-what-the-companys-doing-here\/\" title=\"Overseas McDonald's ad reveals company's true intentions\">deep donor pockets<\/a>. \u2064We\u2019re family-owned and independent. But because we&#8217;re independent \u200dfrom\u200b the elites, we\u200d have \u2064to rely on readers like you.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Can we count on you for just a single <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">membership<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">? The cost of a month-long membership is less than a \u200bsingle cup of Starbucks coffee. \u200bAnd, unlike with Starbucks, you can be 100 percent certain that every \u2063penny we spend goes toward fighting for traditional American values and against liberal \u200celites.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><b>Please <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>help \u200bus<\/b><\/a><b>  \u2063 continue exposing the truth. Please <\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/subscribe\/?utm_source=site&#038;utm_medium=westernjournalism&#038;utm_campaign=authorpitch\"><b>join today<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank \u200cyou \u200cfor \u200dreading The Western Journal!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-one-ups-biden-education-announces-american-academy-plan\/\">Trump \u200cOne-Ups Biden on\u2062 Education, Announces &#8216;American Academy&#8217; Plan<\/a> \u2062appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> What potential implications could\u2062 government funding of the American\u2063 Academy have on the autonomy \u2063and independence of\u2063 universities?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Icy<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Trump believes\u2063 that by creating this new university, he can provide a much-needed alternative to the current higher education system, which he believes has been infiltrated by radical ideologies.<\/p>\n<p>By funding the American Academy with the accumulated wealth of private university endowments, the\u200c government can ensure that this\u200c alternative education is accessible to all Americans, regardless of their financial background.<\/p>\n<p>The American\u2064 Academy will focus on providing\u200c a &#8220;truly world-class education,&#8221; emphasizing critical thinking, intellectual diversity, and the pursuit of knowledge free from ideological bias.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s plan has sparked both support and criticism. Supporters believe that it is necessary \u200cto counter the influence of \u2062radical ideologies in\u200b universities and provide\u2063 a balanced education to\u200d students. They argue\u200b that the current higher education system has become a breeding \u2062ground for extremism and \u200cpolitical indoctrination.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, critics argue that\u200c Trump&#8217;s plan undermines the autonomy and independence of\u2062 universities. They believe that universities \u200bshould be free to pursue their own academic goals and that government intervention could lead to censorship and stifling of academic freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the feasibility and sustainability\u200b of funding a new\u200b university solely through the accumulated wealth of private university endowments\u2064 may be questioned. Critics argue that this approach may not be sufficient to cover all \u2064the costs associated with establishing and running a new university.<\/p>\n<p>Whether Trump&#8217;s plan will gain traction and be implemented remains to be seen. It raises important questions about the role \u2063of higher education in society, the influence of radical ideologies, and the accessibility of education\u2064 for all Americans.<\/p>\n<p>Ultimately, the goal should be to ensure that higher education maintains its role as a mark \u2064of \u2064distinction, providing students with \u2062the knowledge, skills, and training \u2064necessary \u200dto become productive members of society, while also fostering\u200b a diverse and intellectually \u2063rigorous academic environment.<\/p>\n<p>As the\u2062 conversation around higher education \u200dcontinues,\u2064 it is crucial to identify\u200b and address the\u200c challenges and concerns that arise, in order to promote a\u2062 system that serves the best interests of students and society as\u200c a whole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past, a college degree from a respected institution symbolized distinction, indicating high training, skills, and readiness for societal contribution. 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