Public Confidence in the Academy: Examining Attitudes toward U.S. Higher Education

• In Event: Evaluating the Establishment

Brief Overview

We analyze how Americans’ confidence in U.S. higher education is shaped by various dimensions of the academy so as to identify drivers of favorability. Using embedded experiments, we draw attention to survey design effects on reported attitudes.

Authors

• Kameron R Gonzalez, University of Pennsylvania

• Diana C Mutz, ennekim

• David M. Primo, University of Rochester