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 DeathMonkey on Tuesday July 11 2017, @05:47PM
Income is a better predictor of educational success than race. [stanford.edu]
Probably why you don't like colleges. When we base things on observable reality they tend to contradict your illogical opinions.