Thread by @didikins4life

This is the #DemPartyPlatform for 2020. This part is called: Making Higher Education Affordable and Accessible
Only one party understands that everyone should be able to earn a degree beyond high school, if they choose to, without money standing in the way. 1/12

#Democrats support increased funding for wraparound services, including covering the cost of textbooks and fees for low-income students 2/12 #DemPartyPlatform #EducationForAll

#Democrats support establishing programs to address campus food insecurity, so students can focus on what matters most: their studies.3/12
#DemPartyPlatform #EducationForAll #CampusFoodInsecurity

#Democrats will fight to create a federal funding program for higher education, modeled on Title I funding for K-12 schools, 4/12 #DemPartyPlatform #Title1 #EduPolicy

#Democrats support a funding program that would direct funds to public and nonprofit colleges and universities and minority-serving institutions based on the proportion of low-income students those schools enroll and graduate. 5/12 #DemPartyPlatform #EducationForAll

#Democrats will promote transparency and fairness regarding higher education faculty working conditions, including adjuncts, graduate employees, and full-time lecturers who are often grossly underpaid compared to full professors, and support and encourage professor tenure. 6/12

And #Democrats will safeguard academic freedom on college campuses.7/12 #DemPartyPlatform #academicfreedom

#Democrats oppose the Trump Administration’s cruel and capricious treatment of international students studying in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic. 8/12 #DemPartyPlatform #InternationalStudents

Young people around the world dream of coming to the United States, especially to study, innovate, and contribute to our research institutions, our economy, and our communities. 9/12 #DemPartyPlatform #InternationalStudents

Winning the competition for talents is a major component for winning global competitions in the 21st century. 10/12
#DemPartyPlatform #win #EduPolicy

#Democrats are committed to policies that make the U.S. welcoming to the more than one million international students who come to study in our colleges & universities annually, contributing to our higher education sector & our nation's intellectual &cultural vibrancy. 11/12

#Democrats will act to restore trust and certainty for international students and the higher education sector as part of the recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic and the Trump Administration's harmful policies toward international students. 12/12
#DemPartyPlatform #EduPolicy