The Negative Impact Of Trump's Budget On Schools

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“Education is the key to success” is one quote that is heard from every direction. “Develop a passion for learning. If you do, you will never cease to grow.” Coined by Anthony J. D’Angelo the quote means that never give up on learning all you can, because you are only expanding you mind in this world. “Education is what remains after one has forgotten what one has learned in school.” This quote was said by Albert Einstein and means that the information retained in your mind after schooling is education acquired. “The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character – that is the goal of true education.” A quote coined by Martin Luther King, Jr. is very self-explanatory. Education …show more content…

Some of the problems with education start with the government and the policies set in place. This paper will discuss how the impact of Trump’s budget on colleges will cause a reduction in college programs that help low income and minority students, and a combination of the budget, immigration laws and the healthcare laws will threaten higher education. This paper will also discuss how the impact of Trump’s budget on colleges have an alleged positive aspect.
Trump’s budget will impact colleges by cutting college programs that help low income and minority students. Trump’s stance on cutting the budget for education will negatively impact low income and minority students, and eliminate the federal student loan programs. According to the article, The Impact of Trump’s Budget on Higher Education, Fichtenbaun (2017) states that Trump’s “budget would cut roughly [$5-9] billion from programs that serve low-income students and students of color. Some of these cuts would come in the form of reductions in Pell Grants, the Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (SEOG) Program, and …show more content…

The impact of Trump’s budget on colleges also have an alleged positive aspect. Furthermore, Trump’s budget will impact colleges by cutting college programs that help low income and minority students. However, cutting college programs will cause low income students to be more in debt and will experience a difficult time repaying the student loans. Additionally, Trump’s budget will impact colleges by causing a decrease of international students attending college, which will cause colleges and universities to experience a significant decrease in income. Moreover, Trump’s budget and healthcare laws will cause higher education to cut their funding. Replacing the Affordable Care Act will cause higher education to cut their spending, which will cause students to pay more for college. In addition, colleges’ tuition is based on government subsidies and causes tuition to increase. Colleges will remain successful, since they receive revenue from students and the government, which will cause students to be in debt. Moreover, Trump’s budget will prevent college tuition from increasing is to cap the payment for student loans at 12.5%. However, capping the payment will have advantages and disadvantages for student loan borrowers. Consequently,