> "Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in higher education -- a great deal, quite a lot, some or very little?"
Confidence in higher education doing what? Leading to a good job? Making people better? Having a positive ROI? Being fun?
Gallup asks "how much confidence do you have in X", for business, government, courts, gods, etc. to measure sentiment. It's too generic to be meaningful. The trend, though, is interesting.
Related, but longitidunal studies have indicated that people's stated goal of college has changed quite a bit over time. 40 years ago it was much more common to see the answer of "to develop a philosophy of life" where now the more common answer is "to get a good job."
> "Please tell me how much confidence you, yourself, have in higher education -- a great deal, quite a lot, some or very little?"
Confidence in higher education doing what? Leading to a good job? Making people better? Having a positive ROI? Being fun?
Gallup asks "how much confidence do you have in X", for business, government, courts, gods, etc. to measure sentiment. It's too generic to be meaningful. The trend, though, is interesting.