The crisis of confidence in higher education is evident as American sentiment towards college is at an all-time low, with only 36% expressing confidence in higher education. This sentiment is reflected in declining enrollment numbers, with 1.2 million fewer students in college than in 2019. The trend of decreasing enrollment was already existent before the pandemic, indicating a deep-rooted issue that extends beyond just perception.
More and more Americans feel like college isn’t a good deal anymore. One state thinks it’s found a way to turn things around.
This episode was reported and produced by Miles Bryan, edited by Matt Collette with help from Amina Al-Sadi, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Hady Mawajdeh, engineered by Patrick Boyd and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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