Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) highlighted the potential lessons the U.S. could take from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán regarding university management. During an interview on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on Sunday, Vance criticized American universities as “controlled by left-wing foundations.” He suggested incorporating aspects of Orbán’s policies might address this bias.
“They’re not controlled by the American taxpayer and yet the American taxpayer is sending hundreds of billions of dollars to these universities every single year,” Vance observed.
“Universities are part of a social contract in this country,” said Vance. “But if they’re not educating our children well, and they’re layering the next generation down in mountains of student debt, then they’re not meeting their end of the bargain. I think it’s totally reasonable to say there needs to be a political solution to that problem,” he continued.
Regarding Orbán‘s policies, Vance said, “I do think that he’s made some smart decisions there that we could learn from in the United States.”
Vance’s remarks echo comments he made in a February interview. “I think [Orbán’s] way has to be the model for us: not to eliminate universities, but to give them a choice between survival or taking a much less biased approach to teaching,” he said.
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