Excelsior Life

In response to last night’s National Republican debates, Excelsior College President John Ebersole offered the following response. “In last night’s Republican debates, little was said about either K-12 or higher education. While the Common Core curriculum received passing criticism, slightly more attention was given to the role of the Federal government in quality setting as opposed to those of the states. Senator Rubio of Florida, who has been an instructor at Florida International University and is a frequent critic of higher education, described how the U.S. government frequently uses Federal funding to pursue interests that may be at odds with those of the State or educational systems. He also mentions that like many college graduates, he had amassed considerable student loan debt. However, he says this in the context of pulling himself up from humble beginnings and seem to suggest that education may have played an important role in his success. In the earlier debate between the candidates, especially tho