Confidence in Higher Education ‘Down Sharply’

Americans’ confidence in higher education is “down sharply” across all major subgroups, with Republicans leading the charge, a new Gallup survey found. 

Thirty-six percent of Americans have “a great deal” or “quite a lot” of confidence in higher education, which is significantly lower than Gallup’s prior readings in 2015 (57 percent) and 2018 (48 percent). Forty percent of Americans have “some” confidence” and 22 percent have “very little” confidence in higher education, the survey found.