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.

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.