A statewide poll shows broad bipartisan support for the University of California, its research, medical centers and educational value. Majorities across demographic groups, including 62% of Californians with only high school degrees, view UC research as beneficial to their communities. Voters in their 20s hold the most favorable opinions of UC research. The nonpartisan UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies conducted the poll. The UC system is confronting federal challenges, including large cuts to research funding and a federal demand of a $1-billion fine related to charges of antisemitism at UCLA. Federal officials recently suspended more than half a billion dollars in medical study grants to UCLA.
Republican and Democratic voters share common ground when it comes to the University of California: Both sides express widespread support for UC, its research, medical centers and ability to elevate the lives of students, a statewide poll shows. Strong majorities of registered voters across demographic groups - urban and rural, racial, education levels - said UC research was good for their communities, including 62% of Californians with only high school degrees. Voters in their 20s have the most favorable view of research.
For months, the University of California has been enveloped in the nationwide drive by Trump to reshape higher education, which he sees as a bastion of liberalism hostile to conservative thinking. The 10-campus UC system has faced hundreds of millions of dollars in cuts to federal research support that the Trump administration derided as wasteful spending. Last month federal officials suspended more than half a billion dollars in medical study grants to UCLA.
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