Confidence in higher education continues to fall after turbulent year: Poll

Published July 8, 2024 4:10pm ET



After a chaotic end to the school year at college campuses across the country, trust in those institutions has sharply dropped, according to a new poll.

A Gallup poll released on Monday showed that only 36% of respondents have a great deal or quite a lot of confidence in higher education, 32% have some confidence in the institutions, and 32% said they have little to none at all. While the percentage of those expressing a great deal of confidence has remained constant in the past year, those saying they have no confidence jumped 9% compared to 2023.

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