Confidence in colleges, universities reaches all-time low, new poll indicates

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A poll commissioned by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE) found confidence in higher education has reached a new low.

Confidence in colleges and universities has reached a new all-time low, according to a recent poll commissioned by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression and conducted by NORC at the University of Chicago. 'In two AmeriSpeak panels representative of the U.S. household population, we asked Americans: ‘How much confidence, if any, do you have in U.S. colleges and universities?’' a press release from FIRE reads.

Thirty percent similarly said they have 'very little' or no confidence at all in higher education. Democrats, women and younger Americans aged 18-34 saw 'some of the largest drops,' according to the report, while the level of confidence among conservatives – which was already low in the past – has 'reached a floor.

In a previous interview with Fox News Digital, Kittleberger said he actively encourages his kids to skip college because his degree in computer science has been 'completely irrelevant' to his real world work. His perspective aligns with the growing trend of skipping out on the traditional 4-year college plan. Many members of Gen Z, for instance, have shunned that path in favor of trade school, leading many to coin them as the 'Toolbelt Generation.

's report additionally noted confidence had reached record-lows after 'months of campus protests over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Congressional hearings about antisemitism on college campuses.' A separate FIRE/NORC poll found that 72% of Americans believed that students who participated in encampments should face punishment though those included in the poll disagreed on how severe such punishment should be.

 

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