Quick post today, as I travel across several American cities: United States attitudes towards higher education soured yet again, according to a new Gallup poll. The main question asked this time w…
A Gallup poll shows declining American views on the importance of higher education, with 'very important' responses dropping sharply since 2013.
Responses calling college 'very important' fell from 70% in 2013 to less than half today.
The 'not too important' category rose fivefold, from 6% to nearly 30%.
All demographic groups saw significant declines in perceived importance of higher education.
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United States attitudes towards higher education soured yet again, according to a new Gallup poll. The main question asked this time was “How important is a college education today — very important, fairly important or not too important?” It’s one Gallup has asked regularly for decades.
Look at that sheer plummet from 2013! The “very important” answer is less than half what it was just thirteen years ago. It went from a supermajority to not even one third of the responses. As the article observes, “As recently as 2013, more than twice as many U.S. adults (70%) said college was very important.” (Shameless note: 2013 is also the year of peak enrollment. Another bit of evidence for peak higher ed?) And the rapid takeoff of “not too important” shot up from 6% to nearly 30%, representing a five fold increase.
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