Former President Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the two GOP presidential frontrunners, have both promised a crackdown on colleges should they occupy the White House — a stark reflection of the right’s growing skepticism of higher education.
Some Republican complaints about colleges are related to broader concern about “wokeness” and free speech. But others hint at deeper questions about the value of college, and how to ensure a degree comes with an appropriate economic return.
Pretty much. I’d even go a step further and say the classic right-winger finds pretty much all types of education as an enemy now for potentially informing their kids that the BS they’ve been thought at home may not be accurate or based in fact. All of these right-wing groups trying to get books banned, teachers fired, and school curriculum changed pretty much spells it out.
A lot of hardcore right-wingers are also homeschooling their kids these days.
It’s not even ‘these days’ hardcore right wingers have done this since I was in school in the 90s. It’s just that more right wingers have become more hardcore than before.