Kevin Johnson comments on Trump Omitting Key Concerns in Education at Union Address, featured in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

Dean Kevin Johnson comments on Trump missing an opportunity for substantive conversation on the growing concerns around education in the country, featured in Diverse: Issues In Higher Education. Higher education scholars and policy experts noted that there was little mention of K-12 and higher education policy beyond an appeal for an investment in workforce development through the opening of vocational schools.

Kevin Johnson comments “I do think that the State of the Union address did not calm any tensions by invoking MS-13 and the horrible case in Long Island. Not all immigrants are criminals and the crimes, which are being prosecuted, should not be permitted to frame the nation’s immigration policy.”

 

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