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American Confidence in Higher Ed Hits Historic Low

July 11, 2023

Via: Inside Higher Ed

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Americans’ confidence in higher education is at an all-time low, according to a Gallup poll released today.

The poll was conducted in June and found only 36 percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, down about 20 percentage points from eight years ago. Prior measurements of public confidence in the nation’s colleges and universities found significantly higher levels in 2015 (57 percent) and 2018 (48 percent).

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