Like somebody said, he has to appease his demographic for votes and attention. Once you realize elected officials' entire careers center around that point, all of their actions make sense.
Also, cynicism aside, colleges really are the closest thing to a scam. It's a moneymaking system. Only majors from a certain list end up giving graduates skills that translate directly into careers.
Vast majority of degrees are just paper. I'm three years removed from my initial undergrad and that fact needs to get put on billboards, social media blogs, etc. But it would start fukking with schools' money so they most likely have some defense against it. Which reveals another societal lesson that I'm sure yall can guess.
If yall have kids, young relatives, or acquaintances thinking about school, tell them the facts so they know what to do from jump. Plenty of genius kids (especially minorities) go in not knowing a damn thing about the process by design.