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FROM PAGE 1 Clinton’s Higher Education Plan
On college affordability, Clinton pledges to make higher education debt-free. According to Clinton’s plans, She plans to make four-year universities free of tuition fees for families making up to $125,000 by 2021. Additionally, every student whose family makes less than $85,000 will be granted free access to college. Community college is expected to become free under president Clinton and about $25 billion in funding will head to historic black colleges and Hispanic and other minority-serving institutions, according to Clinton’s plan. Clinton also plans to fix college affordability issues for veterans attending college under the G.I. bill. She also vows to crack down on for-profit colleges, which she claims engage in “fraud and abuse.” Clinton’s debt-free college plan is aimed at students with high interest rates on student loans. “Under my plan, you will be able to refinance to the rate that currently exists,” Clinton said in a speech on college affordability in Claremont, New Hampshire. “So all those students with 5 to 10 to 12 percent, they’re going to be able to drop it to 3.5, 3.8 [or] 4 percent. I believe this will save thousands of dollars for many students.”
Trump’s Higher Education Plan
Under a Trump administration, student debt would not be completely abolished, but rather students would be assisted in reducing it. While Trump acknowledges the high student-debt figures for many U.S. students and believes they must be addressed, he says the loans taken out by students cannot be forgiven. However, Trump said he doesn’t believe any profit should be made by the federal government from loans students take out.
“Do you think this has anything to do with why schools continue to raise their tuition every year?” - Donald Trump Questioning federal government from profiting from student loads “Do you think this has anything to do with why schools continue to raise their tuition every year?” Trump asks in his book titled Crippled America. Among other ideas under his education plan, Trump supports cutting the department of education and making schools more competitive. Key points of Trump’s college affordability plan also include reducing the overall cost of college and debt. The republican hopes four-year universities as well as vocational and technical colleges become easier to access and pay for.
Trump’s Economic Plan
Throughout the debates, Trump claimed to use his knowledge of business to create jobs and bring industry back to America. Trump said that he would “reform the tax code and trade policies to make it easier to hire, invest, build, grow, produce and manufacture in America,” according to theodysseyonline.com. The Republican nominee also wants to reform trade deals around the world in order to secure more jobs at home. He opposes the TransPacific Partnership and wants to renegotiate the NAFTA deal between the U.S. and Mexico. He plans to “tell NAFTA partners that we intend to immediately renegotiate the terms of that agreement to get a better deal for our workers,” according to his official website. “If they don’t agree to a renegotiation, we will submit notice that the U.S. intends to withdraw from the deal.” Trump cited the movement of several factories moving down to Mexico as reasons for his attack on the plan, namely the Carrier Air Conditioning Plant. He also plans to begin the reduction of the trade deficit by using the secretary of trade to accuse China of currency manipulation.
ELECTION 2016 Clinton’s Economic Plan
Clinton claims to use the tax code to encourage job growth and increase social programs. “We need to raise pay, create good-paying jobs and build an economy that works for everyone— not just those at the top. I’ll cut taxes for the middle class, raise the minimum wage and ensure the wealthiest pay their fair share,” Clinton said in the first debate, according to globalcitizen.org. “I’ll invest in infrastructure, clean energy, and education. And I’ll help parents balance work and family.” Raising tax accountability on corporations and the wealthy will increase income that can be redistributed back down to relieve financial stress on working families, according to her campaign website. Clinton plans to close tax loopholes that large companies use to avoid paying taxes as well as rewarded.
Candidates for the SCCCD Board of Trustees BY ASHLEIGH PANOO
Managing/News Editor apanoo@therampageonline.com
Area 2 Pao Yang has 17 years of post-secondary education experience, according to his profile on hmongae. com. He has a bachelor’s degree in electronic engineering technology from DeVry University and a master’s degree in science and business administration from Keller Graduate School of Management. Yang came to the United States in 1979 with his family, after the war in Laos. He eventually made his way to California and worked in Silicon Valley as a product development engineer. Yang is married to Valerie Davis, a Fresno Unified Board member, and says his passion has always been education. He taught business courses at ITT Technical Institute Clovis campus and was director of admissions at DeVry University in Fresno and Bakersfield, and at Institute of Technology in Clovis. Cherella Nicholson is a project coordinator and organizer of the
Building Neighborhood Capacity Program. She also a commissioner on the Fresno County Office of Education, Early Care and Child Development local planning council and serves on the board of directors for El Dorado Park Community Development Corporation. Nicholson wants to improve student success, secure fiscal stability and expand employment opportunities, according to her website. She says her experience working with legislatures would help her secure funding for student success. College-readiness is also an issue that Nicholson wants to tackle with her go-getter attitude, she says. “The Central Valley is one of the poorest areas in the nation,” Nicholson said on her website. “Our students and workforce rely on the community college system to be strong, effective and deliver on its promise.”
Paulina Miranda grew up in Mexico, attending the National Autonomous University of Mexico in Mexico City to earn her bachelor’s degree in chemistry, biology and pharmacy. A registered democrat, Miranda also has roots in Los Angeles and San Diego, but now lives in Fresno
with her husband and mother. She has three daughters and four grandchildren, according to the Fresno Bee voter guide. Miranda was president of the Parent Teacher Association at Castle Park High School in Chula Vista, as well as a treasurer for the Buchanan Complex Middle School in Clovis, according to her profile on emergeamerica.org. Miranda is bilingual and developed a program for parents who did not speak English. If elected, Miranda told the Fresno Bee she would like to see graduations rates rise for the district. Miranda realizes that the area she would represent has a high Spanish-speaking population and feels her bilingualism would help address needs that aren’t being met.
Catherine Amador is an attorney, specializing in family law and real estate. She studied at UC Berkeley then worked on Capitol Hill for a time. Amador attended Hastings College of the Law and has a single subject teaching credential in both English and social studies from National University. She was also a longterm substitute teacher for both Fresno Unified and Central Unified while she raised her three children.
Amador served two terms on the Measure K oversight committee for Fresno Unified, according to her Facebook page. She wants to make sure Measure C funds will go to build a new fire and police academy. Amador wrote that she would like to see board members who understand their job roles. She cites her experience as an attorney as a valuable asset to have on the board of trustees.
Eric Payne, incumbent for Area 2, was elected to the board in 2012. He has a master’s degree in microbiology with a concentration in mycology from Alabama A&M University. He also holds a bachelor’s degree in biology, chemistry and pre-med with a minor in business administration, according to the district website.