Americans’ confidence in higher education drops 21 points since 2015

Americans’ confidence in higher education has been steadily eroding for several years, and fresh data shows the trend is ongoing amid rising concerns over political agendas being pushed on campuses and whether the cost of a college degree is worth it.

New results from a poll conducted by Gallup and the Lumina Foundation released Monday show only 36% of U.S. adults have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education, down from 57% in 2015.

Davenport College at Yale University on Sept. 28, 2022 in New Haven, Connecticut. Polling from Gallup and Lumina Foundation shows Americans’ confidence in higher education has been steadily falling for decades. (Stan Godlewski for The Washington Post via Getty Images / Getty Images)

Another 32% of respondents said they…

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