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63% of Americans say college degree not worth the cost, poll finds

A recent NBC News poll found that nearly two-thirds of Americans say a degree is 'not worth the cost because people…

By Emily Sturge
Dec 1, 2025

Americans overwhelmingly oppose ideological teaching in higher ed: SURVEY

Most Americans say colleges should prioritize critical thinking and citizenship over political activism and ideolog…

By Lyle Kenitzer '28
Dec 1, 2025

About half of college students say socialism is better than capitalism, poll says

A Yale Buckley Institute survey finds nearly half of undergraduates favor socialism over capitalism, with some even…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 24, 2025

78 percent of Jewish students conceal religion amid rising anti-Semitism on campuses, report finds

A new global survey by the ADL and WUJS found that over three-quarters of Jewish students hide their religious or Z…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Sep 17, 2025

Poll shows U.S. patriotism hits historic low on 24th anniversary of 9/11

As the United States commemorates the 24th anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, new polling shows nat…

By CJ Womack '25
Sep 13, 2025

Trump administration ends Biden-era rule funding poll workers with student aid

New federal guidance bars colleges from paying students to staff elections with taxpayer-funded work study jobs.

By Simon Olech '28
Aug 25, 2025

Survey: Nearly two-thirds of young Americans support socialism

The survey found 62 percent of American adults under age 30 hold a 'favorable' view of socialism.

By Cooper Cobbs '28
Jun 20, 2025

Poll finds majority of students support institutional neutrality

A recent poll says that a majority of college students surveyed back institutional neutrality.

By Campus Reform
Dec 19, 2024

Poll shows 78 percent of college profs surveyed back Harris over Trump

A recent study reveals overwhelming support for Kamala Harris over Donald Trump among college professors in the upc…

By Emma Arns '26
Oct 23, 2024

Most U.S. adults support reforms to Supreme Court while basic civic knowledge is staggering, survey suggests

An annual survey from the Annenburg Public Policy Center found that roughly 50 percent of U.S. adults know which pa…

By Michael Duke '26
Sep 25, 2024

Majority of high schoolers take politics into account when choosing where to go to college, new survey shows

Roughly 75 percent of high schoolers surveyed said they take a college’s political climate into account to some deg…

By Michael Duke '26
Aug 22, 2024

Poll reveals growing skepticism toward higher ed as college enrollment declines

Confidence in higher education is decreasing, with a new poll from Gallup and the Lumina Foundation finding that on…

By Patrick McDonald '26
Jul 10, 2024

'NEW LOW': Less than a third of Americans have a 'great deal' of confidence in higher education

A new poll released by the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression shows that only 28% of Americans expres…

By Adam Sabes
Jun 17, 2024

SHOCKING POLL: 30% of Gen Z thinks Osama bin Laden's ideas were a 'force for good'

20% of college-age Americans have a positive view of the terrorist who orchestrated the 9/11 attacks.

By Campus Reform
Dec 28, 2023

POLL: 1 in 3 college students aware of Hamas attack will not call it terrorism

12% of college students who are aware of the recent violent attacks against Israeli civilians classify the massacre…

By Campus Reform
Oct 24, 2023

POLL: Americans know there's a free speech crisis on campus

Only 20% of Americans believe conservatives can speak freely on campus, revealing a glaring free speech double stan…

By Campus Reform
Oct 3, 2023

SURVEY: Middle schoolers' perceived importance of college has dropped drastically since 2019

Over half of middle school students believe that work experience is necessary to be successful while 38% of middle …

By Ben Mincey '25
Sep 11, 2023

Polls reveal Americans are not confident in higher ed, but still think a degree is important

Recent Gallup data have just revealed Americans’ paradoxical attitudes regarding college tuition, clocking dropping…

By John Parker '25
Aug 21, 2023

POLL: Higher education is polarizing, lacks confidence of most Americans

Between 2015 and 2023, the share of Americans who have a 'great deal' or 'quite a lot' of confidence in higher educ…

By Emily Fowler '24
Jul 27, 2023

POLL: Confidence in US higher education has drastically declined

The sharpest disparity in confidence is between Republicans and Democrats, though both have seen decreases.

By Spencer Dalke
Jul 12, 2023

POLL: Less than 3% of surveyed Harvard faculty identify as conservative

More than three-quarters of faculty surveyed by the Harvard Crimson, a student-run newspaper, identify as 'liberal…

By Brendan McDonald '25
May 31, 2023

Majority of Americans oppose race-based admissions, according to poll

A new poll shows that 62% of Americans are against affirmative action policies in university admissions.

By Gabrielle M. Etzel
Feb 21, 2023

POLL: 63% of college students feel intimidated sharing their opinions on campus

The William F. Buckley, Jr. Program published its eighth annual survey on college student opinions regarding free …

By Emily Fowler '24
Jan 20, 2023

Students are unable to define 'woman,' campus poll shows

The University of Alabama Young Americans for Freedom conducted a campus poll which found only about 28% of respond…

By Thomas Stevenson '23
Nov 22, 2022

POLL: Majority of Americans oppose Affirmative Action policies

A majority of likely voters oppose race-based admission standards in higher education.

By Alexa Schwerha
Oct 2, 2022

REPORT: Most Americans would not vote for a candidate who supports men in women’s sports

A September CRC Research poll found a majority of Americans would not vote for a candidate who supports allowing bi…

By Alexa Schwerha
Sep 30, 2022

If Harvard's graduating class was the Senate, it'd have a filibuster-proof progressive majority: poll

The class of 2022 ended its time at Harvard with 68.6% of its cohort identifying as either 'progressive' or 'very p…

By Kate Anderson
Jun 18, 2022

POLL: Majority of Americans oppose men competing in women's sports

58% of respondents stated that biological males 'should not be allowed' to compete against women at the collegiate …

By Alexa Schwerha
Jun 16, 2022

POLL: 1 in 5 Idaho students feel 'shamed or bullied' for their views

A study by the Idaho State Board of Education examines the state of free expression at the school’s public colleges…

By Angela Morabito
Dec 22, 2021

POLL: 37% of Democrats in college refuse to be friends with a GOP voter

A new poll shows that college Democrats are far more likely than Republican to refuse to date, work for, or even be…

By Angela Morabito
Dec 9, 2021

POLL: 50% of Jewish students feel they 'need to hide their identity' on campus

A new poll conducted by the Brandeis Center reveals that 65% of students in the leading Jewish fraternity and soror…

By Peter Cordi
Sep 27, 2021

POLL: GOP college grads more likely to fear losing their jobs over political beliefs

A recent poll shows that Americans are becoming increasingly leery of sharing their political opinions publicly.

By Mckenna Dallmeyer '22
Aug 26, 2020

POLL: Millennials, Gen Z more likely to think founding fathers are 'villains'

According to the results of a poll recently released by Fox News, respondents aged 18-30 were most likely to descri…

By Maria Copeland
Jul 21, 2020

SURVEY: Students say they shouldn't have to pay full price for online classes

A survey shows most college students expect colleges to lower their fees if physical classes are not offered.

By Loren Rutherford
Jun 29, 2020

Princeton poll presents potential problem for enrollment this fall

The majority of students said they would consider a "gap year" if on-campus courses don't resume in the fall.

By Jessica Custodio '23
Jun 15, 2020

POLL: Young, college-educated Americans more likely to 'justify' Antifa riots

A Monmouth University poll found that college-educated, young Americans are more likely to think the actions of "pr…

By Maria Copeland
Jun 2, 2020

Shocking number of young Americans say other countries are better

A poll found that among young Democrats, almost half prefer other countries over the U.S.

By Mary Rose Corkery
Jan 10, 2020

Harvard poll: GOP students less likely than Dems to share political views with profs

This is lower than young Democrats and independents, who are mostly comfortable in sharing political views.

By Eduardo Neret
Nov 20, 2019

Majority of students value 'safety of undocumented students' over journalistic integrity, poll finds

A new survey shows that most American students agree with critics of the newspaper, saying that student publication…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Oct 28, 2019

POLL: Most young Americans support 'hate speech' exemption in First Amendment

A recent survey of nationwide attitudes for free speech revealed that a majority of people between the ages of 18 a…

By Celine Ryan Ciccio
Oct 25, 2019

Harvard poll: Millennials don't trust Congress, federal government

Support for putting U.S. boots on the ground to fight the Islamic State sat at 35 percent.

By Diana Stancy
May 11, 2015

Harvard poll: Millennial voters want GOP takeover of U.S. Senate

Harvard poll shows millennials who will "definitely be voting" prefer Republican control of the Senate.

By Maggie Lit
Oct 29, 2014