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In a shift from a mere couple of years ago, when a majority of Republican-Americans thought that higher education was a good thing, the majority of them now believe the opposite.
A Pew Research Center survey published Monday revealed voters have grown apart in their support of secondary education since the 2016 presidential election season, when a majority of Democratic and Republican Americans agreed the nation’s universities serve as a benefit for the U.S. Whereas 54 percent of Republicans said "colleges and universities had a positive impact on the way things were going in the country" in 2015, the majority now believe the opposite, with 58 percent saying such institutions negatively impact the state of the union.
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(Score: 2) by kaszz on Tuesday July 11 2017, @05:44PM
It seems at least some colleges and universities have succumbed to spending their attention on identity victim rankings and not offending people for the smallest thing. Instead of being focused on learning and exploring advanced science. And the whole reason for these institutions to exist is advancing science and manning industry with qualified people. So if they are no longer doing this. then of course support will vanish.
There's also a lot of opportunities to learn and experiment outside these institutions that didn't exist before so it they are careless their relevance may deteriorate.
The rigged work market is when hiring becomes something else than meritocracy. As soon as steps away from this can be observed, there is a problem.