"Public confidence in higher education is showing signs of recovery. According to a recent Gallup-Lumina survey, 42% of Americans now say they have a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence in colleges and universities, up from 36% just a year earlier. But you wouldn't know that from reading the headlines. National news remains fixated on controversies at elite campuses, skewing the public's perception of the institutions that serve the majority of students."
"Community colleges alone enroll roughly 44% of all undergraduates, yet they are rarely featured in mainstream narratives. Low-cost state colleges and universities serve many more. This mismatch between perception and reality has real consequences, fueling the notion that higher education as a whole is elitist and out of touch, hiding the work of the colleges that educate millions of working- and middle-class families."
Public confidence in higher education is increasing, with 42% of Americans reporting a "great deal" or "quite a lot" of confidence, up from 36% a year earlier. National news remains focused on controversies at elite campuses, skewing perception of institutions that educate most students. Community colleges enroll roughly 44% of undergraduates and low-cost state colleges and universities serve many more, yet these institutions receive little mainstream attention. This mismatch fuels the notion that higher education is elitist and out of touch, while obscuring work that serves working- and middle-class families. Colleges must better communicate value and adapt to changing demographics. Today's learners are older, working, parenting, and increasingly first-generation, making flexibility and support matters of institutional survival.
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