Jerry Falwell Jr. Says He’ll Lead Trump Task Force on Higher Ed
Jerry Falwell Jr., president of Liberty University, said he will lead a presidential task force — possibly a pair of them — charged with trimming college regulations and curbing interference by the Department of Education.
Falwell, son of Liberty’s founder, the late televangelist Rev. Jerry Falwell, said President Trump asked him to lead the effort after he declined Trump’s invitation to become U.S. education secretary, a Liberty University spokesman said Wednesday. Liberty is a conservative Christian school.
The White House did not immediately confirm the formation of the task force or Falwell’s appointment.
On Tuesday, Falwell told The News & Advance of Lynchburg, Va., that Trump “is forming some education task forces that I’ve been asked to head.”
He told The Chronicle of Higher Education that he sees the task force as a response to “overreaching regulation” and micromanagement by the department in areas such as accreditation and policies that affect student recruitment.
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