Exclusive: Maryland’s Republican Governor Larry Hogan believes that attending a “classic university” is not the only way to realize the American Dream.
Instead, the tenured governor, who is considering a potential bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, said in an effort to reduce the cost of post-high school education that “an expensive four-year college focused on expanding career opportunities beyond a degree.
On Wednesday, pro-Hogan public advocacy group Anne America United released four guidelines that leaders across the country can accept, following steps already in place by the governor of Maryland. The effort was first shared with Fox News.
“A good education is the foundation of career success, but there’s a fine line between investing in developing the next generation of talent and subsidizing unnecessary credentialing on the taxpayer’s dime.” A dream cannot be realized only at a prestigious university like Harvard, Hogan emphasized in a statement.
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America United claimed in its release that “universities have developed a bloated administration recognized by the federal agencies that subsidize them.” It is performed when giving a speech at the Institute of Political Science.
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The Hogan group said, “There is no better way to wrap up this broken system than President Biden’s recent action to unilaterally cancel up to $10,000 of student loan debt. It would be completely wrong, unfair and counterproductive to pay it back.” diligent taxpayer. The group called Biden’s move “reckless” and called on Congress to “act immediately to limit the executive branch’s ability to unilaterally authorize student loans.”
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America United said Hogan had launched “the nation’s first successful initiative to eliminate the four-year degree requirement from thousands of state jobs” in Maryland. State leaders are urging the federal government to follow Hogan’s model and expand Pell Grant grants limited to students in financial need for short-term, skills-based training.
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An America United also stressed in its guidelines that the current system “underestimates the post-secondary alternatives that can provide vocational training to college graduates and non-college graduates.” Noting that Hogan is working with industry in Maryland to develop vocational training programs, the group plans to “dramatically expand the federal Registered Apprenticeship Program to include high-growth industries.” to do.
The group also recommends improving career readiness in K-12 education.
The educational guidelines follow proposals published earlier this year by An America United on Crime and the Economy.
Following his stay at Harvard, Hogan will head to neighboring New Hampshire to headline the latest edition of Politics and Eggs at St. Anselm College Thursday morning. Hogan’s participation in a speech series at the school’s New Hampshire Institute of Political Science required a stop in Granite State for potential and actual White House candidates for two decades.
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Unable to run for re-election in the blue state of Maryland, Hogan has been touring the country in recent months, representing fellow Republicans in the November ballot. I have been to New Hampshire twice. In between his two trips, he visited Iowa and also stopped at his state fair.
The governor told Fox News in July that he could start a Republican presidential campaign if he decided “there’s a path to victory, there’s a lane, and I have a chance.”