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基石大学校长表示，白宫记者晚宴嫌疑人的背景——受过高等教育且与教育行业相关——引发了新的担忧：教育究竟是在塑造品格，还是在催生极端主义
作者：贾斯敏·贝尔，福克斯新闻网
发布于2026年5月3日美国东部时间下午2:37
基石大学校长格尔森·莫雷诺-里亚尼奥表示，一些“暴力激进分子”是受教育程度最高的群体之一，在白宫记者晚宴嫌疑人被曝光为教师后，人们开始担忧学校是否在助长极端主义。
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这名被指控在白宫记者协会晚宴上企图刺杀唐纳德·特朗普总统的加州男子受过高等教育，曾担任家教。一位大学校长表示，这一背景提出了一个令人不安的问题：教育在塑造品格方面究竟扮演着何种角色。
31岁的科尔·艾伦于2017年获得加州理工学院机械工程学士学位，并于去年获得加州州立大学多明格斯山分校计算机科学硕士学位。这与典型的总统遇刺未遂者履历并不相符，但基石大学校长格尔森·莫雷诺-里亚尼奥表示，一场令人不安的转变似乎正在发生。
“目前出现了一个令人担忧的趋势，即‘受过教育的刺客’——这些人不符合实施此类滔天罪行的典型人员特征，”莫雷诺-里亚尼奥说道。“这些人往往就读于美国一些最顶尖的学府，其行为源于扭曲的哲学信念，即认为杀戮他人并非邪恶，而是正当的。”
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一张科尔·艾伦2025年毕业礼服合影。（科尔·艾伦/领英）
“多年来我一直担心，这些不仅仅是激进分子，而是暴力激进分子，或许是我国受教育程度最高的群体之一，”他说道。“当教育不再起到育人作用，当它沦为意识形态灌输、洗脑和思想改造时，那就不再是教育……这完全是两码事。”
检察官表示，目前仍被联邦监管的艾伦在4月25日的事件中以特朗普和内阁官员为目标。据称他撰写了一份极具攻击性的宣言，并留下了当局所称的大量电子痕迹，显示其策划行动已长达数周。
根据他的领英个人资料，除了高等教育背景外，艾伦还于2020年3月加入了家教公司C2教育。2024年12月30日，该公司在脸书上的一篇帖子祝贺“C2教育托伦斯分校的科尔·艾伦”当选月度教师。
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2026年4月25日，执法人员在华盛顿特区白宫记者协会晚宴枪击事件中拘留嫌疑人科尔·托马斯·艾伦。（唐纳德·J·特朗普通过真相社交/路透社供图）
美国特勤局局长肖恩·柯伦周四告诉福克斯新闻，艾伦在“突破安保”时击中了一名特工的胸部，子弹被特工的防弹背心挡住。
柯伦表示，该特工还击了五枪但未命中，并补充说，在此次事件中，除艾伦外，只有这名特工开过枪。据信艾伦绊倒后摔倒，特勤局特工随即上前将其包围制服。
辩护律师声称检察官缺乏关键物证，并对事件的部分描述提出异议。一份辩护备忘录将艾伦描述为“虔诚的基督徒”、受过高等教育且无犯罪记录的“受人爱戴和尊敬的教师”。
但莫雷诺-里亚尼奥警告称，资历和职业角色未必能反映更深层次的道德根基。
“各大学已经摒弃了上帝的核心地位，摒弃了有神论的基督教世界观，但并没有任何东西取而代之，”他说道。
“如今的大学和教育界已经没有了道德指南针。它确实已经不复存在了。”
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一名特勤局特工向涉嫌于2026年4月25日周六企图刺杀唐纳德·特朗普总统的科尔·艾伦开枪。（《华盛顿邮报》获取）
他补充道，父母应该更积极地了解孩子正在接受的教育内容。
“父母不能再……只是把孩子送到学校”就认为自己的责任就此结束，莫雷诺-里亚尼奥说道。
莫雷诺-里亚尼奥还表示，实施此类行为的人可以隐藏自己的意图，使得他们很难被提前识别。
“我们作为一个整体的人生，无论我们在私下做什么，无论我们在秘密做什么，都会对我们在公开场合的行为产生重大影响，”他说道。
艾伦的下一次听证会定于5月11日举行。
对莫雷诺-里亚尼奥而言，这起案件指向了一场道德危机。
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“这是一场道德危机，一场信仰危机，”他说道。“没有信仰，我们所能交给学生的就只是信息而已。而这无法为他们提供指导和道德方向。”
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Latest Trump assassination attempt exposes ‘educated assassins’ moral crisis, university president says
2026-05-03T14:37:17-04:00 / Fox News
Cornerstone University president says the WHCD suspect’s profile — educated and tied to teaching — raises new concerns about whether education is shaping character or extremism
By Jasmine Baehr, Fox News
Published May 3, 2026 2:37pm EDT
Cornerstone University president Gerson Moreno-Riaño says some “violent activists” are among the most educated, raising concerns about whether schools are fostering extremism after WHCA Dinner suspect revealed as teacher.
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The California man accused of attempting to assassinate President Donald Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner was highly educated and had worked as a tutor, a profile one university president said raises an unsettling question about the role of education in shaping character.
Cole Allen, 31 earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology in 2017 and a master’s degree in computer science from California State University, Dominguez Hills last year. That doesn’t match the typical resume of a would-be presidential assassin, but a disturbing shift appears to be underway, according to Cornerstone University President Gerson Moreno-Riaño.
“A troubling trend that appears to be emerging is that of the ‘educated assassin,’ individuals who do not fit the typical profile of people who commit such heinous acts,” Moreno-Riaño said. “These individuals are often schooled in some of America’s most elite institutions and act out of a perverted philosophical conviction that sees the killing of others not as evil, but as justified.”
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A photo of Cole Allen in a graduation gown and cap from 2025.(Cole Allen/LinkedIn)
“My concern has been for many, many years that some of these not just activists, but violent activists, are perhaps some of the most highly educated ones in our country,” he said. “When education ceases to educate, when it’s ideological, when it’s brainwashing, when it’s indoctrination, it’s no longer education… It’s something very different.”
Prosecutors say Allen, who remains in federal custody, targeted Trump and Cabinet officials in the April 25 incident. He allegedly had authored a damning manifesto and left what authorities described as an extensive digital trail showing weeks of planning.
In addition to his advanced schooling, Allen joined tutoring company C2 Education in March 2020, according to his LinkedIn profile. A Dec. 30, 2024, Facebook post from the company congratulated “Cole Allen of C2 Education Torrence” as a teacher of the month.
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Law enforcement personnel detain Cole Tomas Allen, a suspect in the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association Dinner in Washington, D.C., on April 25, 2026.(Donald J Trump via Truth Social/Handout via Reuters)
Secret Service Director Sean Curran told Fox News Thursday that Allen shot an agent in the chest while “charging through security,” with the round stopped by the agent’s bulletproof vest.
Curran said the agent returned five shots that missed, adding the agent was the only person other than Allen who discharged a weapon during the incident. Allen is believed to have tripped and fallen, prompting Secret Service agents to surround and subdue him.
Defense attorneys claim prosecutors lack key physical evidence and dispute aspects of how the incident has been characterized. A defense memo described Allen as a “devout Christian,” a highly educated man with no criminal history and a “loved and respected teacher.”
But Moreno-Riaño warned that credentials and professional roles do not necessarily reflect deeper moral grounding.
“The universities have rejected the centrality of God, a theistic Christian worldview, but nothing has taken its place,” he said.
“There is no moral compass for universities and for education today. It just doesn’t exist.”
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A Secret Service agent fires at Cole Allen, suspected in the assassination attempt of President Donald Trump on Saturday, April 25, 2026.(Obtained by The Washington Post)
He added that parents should take a more active role in understanding what their children are being taught.
“Parents can no longer… simply drop off their student” and assume responsibility ends there, Moreno-Riaño said.
Moreno-Riaño also said people who carry out acts like this can hide their intentions, making them difficult to identify ahead of time.
“Our entire life as a whole, whatever we do in private, whatever we’re doing in secret, does have a significant impact on what we do in public,” he said.
Allen’s next hearing is scheduled for May 11.
For Moreno-Riaño, the case points to a moral concern.
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“There’s a crisis of morality, a crisis of faith,” he said. “Without it, all we’re giving to students is just information then. And that’s not giving them guidance and moral direction.”
Fox News Digital’s Alex Koch, Asra Q. Nomani, Jake Gibson, Julia Bonavita and Peter D’Abrosca contributed to this reporting.
Jasmine Baehr is a Breaking News Writer for Fox News Digital, where she covers politics, the military, faith and culture.
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