Trump: the Education President

[cow451]

Mr. Successful once operated trump University. Now he faces a class-action suit and may have to testify next month.

The suits are alleging “Trump University lures consumers in with a free introductory seminar, which turns out to be nothing more than an infomercial to ‘up-sell’ and persuade students” to buy a $1,495 apprenticeship course.

If the students buy in, then the non-accredited University, using “misleading, fraudulent and predatory practices” tries to convince students to purchase Trump U’s Gold course for $35,000.

Trump University became Trump Institute:

Ripoff Report: Trump Institute

 

[USincognito]

Trump University. Slightly more prestigious than Patriot University, slight less than Bovine University.

 

[Chesterton]

Yeah I wanna go to a school founded by a guy who can't spell and rarely ever strings together two complete coherent sentences when speaking.

 

[Murby]

And people want to vote for this guy?
I will probably never understand how some people choose to think...

 

[CarlaB]

The man is American so he knows how to play Americans, he is living the American dream, he is out to get as much as he can using the least amount of effort.
Once you have enough money you can pay others to make money for you, accountants cost a fortune but they make an even bigger fortune for the people who employ them, money makes money.
There is a very old saying.. Life is like a c--p sandwich, the more bread [money] you have the less c--p you eat.

 

[ThatRobGuy]

We don't have an education president (or any real education candidates)...primarily because we don't have a very good education system.

People falsely credit Bernie with being the education candidate because he wants to make college available to everyone (which, for the record, is one of the very few things I agree with him on; and stray from the libertarian party on)...however, simply guaranteeing free access to a broken/botched education system doesn't make one an "education president"

The fact remains that in terms of education from an Elementary/High School level...there are some things that need drastic revamping...and from a collegiate level, universities have succeeded in creating a false perception of necessity for their product, and then price gouged the American public.

The reality is, 75% of the jobs in the market that "require a college degree" actually don't, 1-2 years of vocational training would be adequate. Switzerland figured this out a number of years back and has had success with it. Even though a college education would be free for the potential students, nearly 70% opt for simply taking vocational training instead of draining 4-6 years of their life taking classes that won't apply to their actual "on the job" experience. The end result? In a country that has no minimum wage laws on the books, 19 year olds are leaving vocational training, and landing jobs that pay, on average, a starting salary of $50k/year (equivalent).

The sooner we get this idea out of our heads that "a person needs a 4 year degree to be an entry level sales rep or work at a rental car company", the better off we'll be...and the less debt we'll be burying our students in.

 

[Fantine]

In his Nevada victory speech, Trump did say he "loves the poorly educated."