New Poll Finds Americans’ Trust in the Ivy League is Dropping
“They draw similar levels of distrust as the media.”
This is not surprising and the people who lead these schools have no one to blame but themselves.
The College Fix reports:
Americans’ trust in Ivy Leagues is tanking: poll
The once epitomized Ivy League institutions of higher education now garner little trust among the American public.
A new poll by the Manhattan Institute found that only 15 percent of voters have a great deal of trust in the elite universities, while 46 percent have little to no trust at all.
Most of those polled said they want to see reforms such as the elimination of diversity, equity, and inclusion and race-based admissions and programs.
Additionally, 64 percent “support requiring universities to advance truth over ideology by enforcing rigorous academic standards, controlling for academic fraud, requiring preregistration of scientific studies, and basing decisions on merit,” the poll found.
The public’s trust in public colleges and universities is a little higher, but not much.
According to the poll, 20 percent said they have a great deal of trust in these institutions, compared to 37 percent who had little to no trust.
“These results place Ivy League colleges among the nation’s least trusted institutions. They draw similar levels of distrust as the media—including newspapers (46% distrust) and TV news (47%)—the Supreme Court (40% distrust), and the Presidency (47%),” according to the institute.
Nearly half of voters also said they believe higher education overall is headed in the wrong direction.
The percentage of displeased Americans was basically the same when broken down by various demographics, including men, women, college graduates, and people without college degrees. The only outlier was young adults ages 18 to 29, with 44 percent saying higher education is going in the right direction.
When asked about higher education reforms, most voters supported policies that require universities to “advance truth over ideology,” and prohibit political activism by the institution itself.
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Cornell (admin) is still unable to understand why many of us who graduated in the early ’60s (who are still alive) stopped sending donations (and removed the school from our wills) many years ago
It’s highly unfortunate
I agree. Cornell is no longer the place whose colors I have worn with pride for many years. 😥 SMS, Cornell ‘66
Here’s what I see as the problem: no one gives a damn what the average guy thinks of the Ivy League. The Ivy-League has filled the Institutions of Government (The Deep State) and Wall Street, and they will continue to choose their own to fill vacancies. Further, the aspiring will continue to enroll in those schools because: where else are you going to go that has the prestige? Say you have a big case before The Court. Is your knee-jerk reaction to hire a Harvard trained attorney or one from Mississippi State?
Sure, the recent generations of sub-standard graduates will damage the country as they assume positions of authority, but look how long the bumbling Colonel Blimps kept control of the Empire decades after their incompetence was obvious.
Getting rid of DEI is very important but we have 20 years of graduates to flush away before the Post-DEI graduates will assume positions of importance.
There is little difference between the state universities and the ivy schools when it comes to the progressive policies. The only difference is the cost of attending, the “prestige” associated, and the leaching off the state tax payers in the case of state schools. Otherwise it’s the same professors and administrators with the same attitudes. I don’t trust any of them anymore.
“New Poll Finds Americans’ Trust in the Ivy League is Dropping”
Dropping?? From what?? It’s already on the floor.