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Vice President Vance: universities must reform, community colleges and unions should lead reskilling
Summary
Speaking at an American Compass event, Vice President JD Vance urged elite universities to reform hiring and research practices, and said community colleges, unions and industry should play central roles in rebuilding the skilled workforce needed for reshoring manufacturing.
Vice President JD Vance criticized elite universities' current practices and urged a broader approach to workforce training to support onshoring and industrial renewal.
"Why don't you just follow the civil rights laws of the country? Like, that's a very easy thing to do," Vance said, arguing universities must comply with nondiscrimination laws and improve scientific reproducibility. He added that many four-year universities are not the institutions that will provide skilled-crafts training; instead, he…
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