Debt-free paths after high school

College & training

El-Sayed supports debt-free and tuition-free pathways through apprenticeships or college, plus more funding for HBCUs, community colleges, and trade schools.

The big reason why we have so much educational debt is because we've disinvested in exactly programs like the one she's talked about.

WHAT HE HAS SAID

• Believes every student deserves a debt-free, tuition-free path to the skills they need, whether that is a two-year trade apprenticeship or a four-year degree.
• Would work alongside unions to fund and expand trade schools and on-the-job apprenticeship training.
• Supports expanding funding for HBCUs, community colleges, and trade schools as engines of social mobility.
• Wants more research funding for America’s colleges and universities, not less, focused on high-risk, high-impact science.
• Would push to cap administrative overhead costs for institutions receiving federal funding, arguing for more research and teaching instead.
• Champions non-traditional tenure pathways for educators whose work advances the teaching mission of higher education.

Primary sources

• Read the campaign position — Abdul for U.S. Senate

Last reviewed 2026-08-19.