Up until now, we haven't heard much out of Donald Trump's campaign besides really ludicrous and grandiose policies and positions on everything from immigration to healthcare. One thing we haven't heard much of is his plans for education.

It's no secret that current state of America's education system is an absolute disaster. Especially in higher education where four years in college is enough to put a student six figures in debt by the time they walk across the graduation stage.

Sam Clovis, the national co-chair and policy director of Trump's campaign outlined the GOP hopeful's ideas in a recent Inside Higher Ed article. Clovis claims that the ideas have not been "formally unveiled" and the details "have yet to worked out" but predicts that higher education will be a hot button topic in the fall.

In summation, Clovis explains that Trump wants to completely change the loan system and completely privatize it, removing the need for government loans. This system would also make it harder for those major in liberal arts at "non-elite" schools to get approved for a loan. Clovis goes on to say that the Trump campaign will fight against Clinton's debt-free public higher education or Bernie Sanders free public higher education plans during the election season. Trump also will reject President Obama's proposed for a state-federal partnership to make community college free, stating that community college are "near free now" and "almost everyone can afford community college."

Clovis said that college should be admitting students based on how long it will take for them to graduate and their ability to find a job after graduation. This means that the colleges and banks deciding to give students loans can approve or deny loan requests based off their prospective major and earnings after graduations.

Despite the fact that Clovis says that studying liberal arts as a major is basically useless in the grand scheme of things, he enforces that "liberal arts education is the absolute foundation to success in life", and hopes that STEM majors will be open to including liberal arts courses into their required education. Although, Clovis does say those students who decide to study liberal arts in elite schools such as Harvard, will be fine in the long run since they went to Harvard. Basically asserting that only the wealthy can afford to study liberal arts while those who are lower income have the responsibility to learn actual skills.

basically if your black, poor, or want to learn about the arts, You not gettin in college. Legalized discrimination.
— Lor Bawlmore (@OG_HARM)

All of these proposals presented by Clovis basically go off the common misconception that those unable to pay back their loans that those who are unable to pay back their loans are those who are not able to get well-paying jobs. But what it really does is really promote a country where the upper class is free to do as they will, but the lower class must work to earn a living. That means someone like me, who is currently seeking a degree in Journalism would be denied student loans due to the fact that my change of graduating and finding a job is low.

The main problem I have with Donald Trump along with is campaign team is that they are a bunch of wealthy, privileged white men who are completely out of touch with the issues that are real for many Americans. With one in seven Americans relying on student loans at some part in their lives this reform would be detrimental to a large number of Americans that are already struggling to keep their heads above water.

The reforms that we need to see in the higher education are strides to make college more affordable for all. This doesn't have to mean free but people who have been out of college for 15+ years shouldn't have to be holding back on significant lives events because they're still paying off their student loans.