Over the past four years, colleges and universities have violated the civil rights of Jewish students. Transgender ideology has proliferated, threatening women’s sports. And diversity, equity, and inclusion have increasingly trumped merit in the hiring and accreditation processes.
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Education, Linda McMahon, will be tasked with addressing those problems and more. A litany of education experts spoke with the Washington Free Beacon to discuss how.
“The bottom line is that the next secretary of education will inherit a role that’ll feel a lot like cleaning up a bankrupt, dysfunctional Fortune 500 company,” said Frederick Hess, the director of education policy studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Lawmakers and policy experts who spoke to the Free Beacon outlined the key challenges.
Combating Campus Anti-Semitism
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