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IS COLLEGE WORTH IT? POLL FINDS ONLY 36% OF AMERICANS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
AppleMagazine|July 12, 2024
Americans are increasingly skeptical about the value and cost of college, with most saying they feel the U.S. higher education system is headed in the “wrong direction,” according to a new poll.
IS COLLEGE WORTH IT? POLL FINDS ONLY 36% OF AMERICANS HAVE CONFIDENCE IN HIGHER EDUCATION

Overall, only 36% of adults say they have a “great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, according to the report released this week by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation. That confidence level has declined steadily from 57% in 2015.

Some of the same opinions have been reflected in declining enrollment as colleges contend with the effects of the student debt crisis, concerns about the high cost of tuition and political debates over how they teach about race and other topics.

The dimming view of whether college is worth the time and money cuts across all demographics — including gender, age, political affiliation. Among Republicans, the number of respondents with high confidence in higher education has dropped 36 percentage points over the last decade — far more than it dropped for Democrats or independents.

“It’s so expensive, and I don’t think colleges are teaching people what they need to get a job,” says Randy Hill, 59, a registered Republican in Connecticut and a driver for a car service. His nephew plans to do a welding apprenticeship after graduating high school. “You graduate out of college, you’re up to eyeballs in debt, you can’t get a job, then you can’t pay it off. What’s the point?”

This story is from the July 12, 2024 edition of AppleMagazine.

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